Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam
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Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam

About this book

Examines original documents from Amsterdam's Orphan Chamber, analyzing the profiles of buyers of art by auction

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Information

Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Year
2002
eBook ISBN
9789048505166
Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
African History

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. References to Archival Sources
  4. Monetary Equivalents
  5. Notice
  6. Part I. The Auctions
  7. Introduction
  8. CHAPTER 1. Orphan Chamber Auctions in Amsterdam
  9. CHAPTER 2. How Auction Sales of the Orphan Chamber Were Conducted
  10. CHAPTER 3. Extant Records of Auction Sales in Chronological Perspective
  11. CHAPTER 4. Aggregate Statistics of Sales and the Owners of Goods Sold
  12. CHAPTER 5. The Buyers at Auction Sales
  13. CHAPTER 6. The Wealth of Buyers
  14. CHAPTER 7. Clusters of Private Buyers
  15. CHAPTER 8. Remonstrants and Counter- Remonstrants
  16. CHAPTER 9. What Did They Buy and at What Prices?
  17. CHAPTER 10. Attributions
  18. CHAPTER 11. Echoes
  19. CHAPTER 12. Concluding Words on Auctions
  20. Part II. Profiles of Selected Buyers
  21. Introduction
  22. CHAPTER 13. Art Dealers I: Artists and Merchants in the Trade
  23. CHAPTER 14. Art Dealers II: Johannes de Renialme
  24. CHAPTER 15. Art Dealers III: The Story of a Merchant Who Thought He Could Sell Paintings to a King
  25. CHAPTER 16. Art Collectors and Painters I: Rubens’s Promise to Hans Thijsz
  26. CHAPTER 17. Art Collectors and Painters II: Jacob Swalmius and Rembrandt
  27. CHAPTER 18. Art Collectors and Painters III: Marten van den Broeck and Rembrandt’s Losses at Sea
  28. CHAPTER 19. Art Collectors and Painters IV: Jan van Maerlen and His Extended Family
  29. CHAPTER 20. Art Collectors and Painters V: Jean le Bleu, François Venant and Rembrandt’s “Feast of Belshazzar”
  30. CHAPTER 21. A Collector with Connections to Major Cultural Figures: Robbert van der Hoeve and the “Muiden Circle”
  31. CHAPTER 22. What Santa Claus Brought to the Youth of Amsterdam
  32. CHAPTER 23. When Sellers and Buyers Were Related: Elbert and Cornelis Symonsz. Pool, Jeltge Claes, and Pieter Claesz. Codde
  33. CHAPTER 24. A Collector Who Held On to His Purchase for Over Fifty Years
  34. CHAPTER 25. An Afterword on Mentalités
  35. Bibliography
  36. Published Sources
  37. Notes
  38. Index