The art collector in early modern Italy : Andrea Odoni and his Venetian palace / Monika Schmitter

"Introduction When Charles II was restored to the English throne in 1660, after the death of Oliver Cromwell and the end of the English Interregnum, the States of Holland and West Friesland sent the new monarch valuable presents in hopes of securing his favor. Having ascertained that Charles,... Πλήρης περιγραφή

Συγγραφείς: Schmitter Monika Anne
Κατηγορία Υλικού: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα: English
Έκδοση: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Περίληψη: "Introduction When Charles II was restored to the English throne in 1660, after the death of Oliver Cromwell and the end of the English Interregnum, the States of Holland and West Friesland sent the new monarch valuable presents in hopes of securing his favor. Having ascertained that Charles, like his father before him, was partial to Italian pictures and ancient statuary, the Dutch assembled a collection of twenty-eight paintings and twelve sculptures, which together with a luxurious yacht named Mary, comprised the so-called "Dutch Gift." Although the sovereign "thanked them for so worthy a Present, and express'd his willingness to enter into a neerer Alliance with them," the tribute did little to preserve peace between the two maritime powers, who were back at war several years later"--
Φυσική περιγραφή: x, 329 σ. εικ. εγχρ.
Βιβλιογραφία: Περιέχει βιβλιογραφικές αναφορές και ευρετήριο
ISBN: 978-1-10-893331-5
9781108844086
Ταξινόμηση Dewey: 708 IT
Προέλευση: ΑΓΟΡΑ 2023
Αριθμός Καταλόγου: 0030021

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