Ancient marbles in Naples in the eighteenth century : findings, collections, dispersals / by Eloisa Dodero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodero, Eloisa, author.

Series:

Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets; volume7.

Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets; volume7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marble sculpture, Classical--Private collections--Italy--Naples.

Marble sculpture, Classical.

Sculpture--Collectors and collecting--Italy--Naples--History--18th century.

Sculpture.

Antiquities--Collectors and collecting--Italy--Naples--History--18th century.

Antiquities.

Marble sculpture, Classical--Catalogs.

Naples (Italy)--Antiquities--Catalogs.

Naples (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (654 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

In Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century Eloisa Dodero aims at documenting the history of numerous private collections formed in Naples during the 18th century, with particular concern for the “Neapolitan marbles” and the circumstances of their dispersal. Research has thus made it possible to formulate a synthesis of the collecting dynamics of Naples in the 18th century, to define the interest of the great European collectors, especially British, in the antiquities of the city and its territory and to draw up a catalogue which for the first time brings together the nucleus of sculptures reported in the Neapolitan collections or coming from irregular excavations, most of which shared the destiny of dispersal, in some cases here traced in definitive fashion.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Figures

Abbreviations

Introduction

The Collections of Antiquities in Naples in the 18th Century: a Changing Scenario

Sources for a Knowledge of the Neapolitan Collections of Antiquities in the 18th Century

Collections of Antiquities in Naples between the End of the 17th and the Closing Years of the 18th Century

The Channels of Dispersal of the Neapolitan Marbles from the Viceregal Period to the End of the 18th Century

Conclusions

Ancient Marbles in 18th-Century Neapolitan Collections

Sculptures Found in Naples and Its Surroundings Between the 17th and the 18th Century

Back Matter

Archival Sources

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Marble Sculptures by Location

General Index.

Notes:

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Naples Federico II, 2009, under the title: Marmi antichi a Napoli nel XVIII secolo : collezioni, rinvenimenti, dispersioni.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

90-04-39910-0

OCLC:

1096221421

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004399105 DOI