Art at auction in 17th century Amsterdam / John Michael Montias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montias, John Michael, 1928-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art auctions--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History--17th century.

Art auctions.

Artists and patrons--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History--17th century.

Artists and patrons.

Art dealers--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Art dealers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Art at auction in seventeenth-century Amsterdam

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study of Amsterdam's Golden Age cultural elite, John Michael Montias analyzes records of auctions from the Orphan Chamber of Amsterdam through the first half of the seventeenth century, revealing a wealth of information on some 2,000 art buyers' regional origins, social and religious affiliations, wealth, and aesthetic preferences. Chapters focus not only on the art dealers who bought at these auctions, but also on buyers who had special connections with individual artists.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

References to Archival Sources

Monetary Equivalents

Notice

Part I. The Auctions

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Orphan Chamber Auctions in Amsterdam

CHAPTER 2. How Auction Sales of the Orphan Chamber Were Conducted

CHAPTER 3. Extant Records of Auction Sales in Chronological Perspective

CHAPTER 4. Aggregate Statistics of Sales and the Owners of Goods Sold

CHAPTER 5. The Buyers at Auction Sales

CHAPTER 6. The Wealth of Buyers

CHAPTER 7. Clusters of Private Buyers

CHAPTER 8. Remonstrants and Counter- Remonstrants

CHAPTER 9. What Did They Buy and at What Prices?

CHAPTER 10. Attributions

CHAPTER 11. Echoes

CHAPTER 12. Concluding Words on Auctions

Part II. Profiles of Selected Buyers

CHAPTER 13. Art Dealers I: Artists and Merchants in the Trade

CHAPTER 14. Art Dealers II: Johannes de Renialme

CHAPTER 15. Art Dealers III: The Story of a Merchant Who Thought He Could Sell Paintings to a King

CHAPTER 16. Art Collectors and Painters I: Rubens's Promise to Hans Thijsz

CHAPTER 17. Art Collectors and Painters II: Jacob Swalmius and Rembrandt

CHAPTER 18. Art Collectors and Painters III: Marten van den Broeck and Rembrandt's Losses at Sea

CHAPTER 19. Art Collectors and Painters IV: Jan van Maerlen and His Extended Family

CHAPTER 20. Art Collectors and Painters V: Jean le Bleu, François Venant and Rembrandt's "Feast of Belshazzar"

CHAPTER 21. A Collector with Connections to Major Cultural Figures: Robbert van der Hoeve and the "Muiden Circle"

CHAPTER 22. What Santa Claus Brought to the Youth of Amsterdam

CHAPTER 23. When Sellers and Buyers Were Related: Elbert and Cornelis Symonsz. Pool, Jeltge Claes, and Pieter Claesz. Codde

CHAPTER 24. A Collector Who Held On to His Purchase for Over Fifty Years

CHAPTER 25. An Afterword on Mentalités

Bibliography

Published Sources

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.

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ISBN:

1-04-077252-8

1-280-95885-5

9786610958856

90-485-0516-X

0-585-49645-5

OCLC:

630532324