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The Solly collection 1821-2021 : founding the Berlin Gemäldegalerie / for the Gemäldeegalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin edited by Robert Skwirblies ; in collaboration with Roberto Contini [and 4 others].
LIBRA ND585 .S65 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solly, E. (Edward)--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Solly, E.
- Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions.
- Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, Germany).
- Art--Private collections--Germany--Berlin--Exhibitions.
- Art.
- Solly, E. (Edward).
- Art--Private collections.
- Germany--Berlin.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : Deutscher Kunstverlag ; Berlin : Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, [2021]
- Summary:
- The foundations for a world-class public art collection in Berlin were laid in 1821: This was the year the Kingdom of Prussia acquired on behalf of the museum to be established in Berlin the painting collection of English merchant Edward Solly (1776-1844). Between 1815 and 1820 this cosmopolitan lover of the arts living in Berlin amassed thousands of paintings above all from Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. Many of the works were by artists little known at the time but who subsequently came to be greatly appreciated and are still renowned today. The exhibition and the accompanying catalogue showcase a representative selection of masterpieces, rediscoveries, and "historical peculiarities", and provide an insight into an age that on the one hand shaped our concepts of art and museums and on the other hand had an entirely different view of the works than we have today. Exhibition: Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany (21.10.2021 - 16.01.2022).
- Contents:
- Edward Solly's 'Stock of Paintings' and the founding of the Berlin Gemäldegalerie
- Inventories and lists of the Solly Collection (1819-1836)
- Princely galleries, private collections and museums : Collecting and artistic taste in Europe around 1800
- Catalogue 1-33
- The backs of paintings from the Solly Collection.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-134).
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, October 21, 2021 - January 16, 2022.
- Local Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, October 21, 2021 - January 16, 2022.
- Other Format:
- German edition
- ISBN:
- 9783422986640
- 3422986642
- OCLC:
- 1285267127
- Publisher Number:
- 9783422986640
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