Buying and collecting art and antiquities in eighteenth-century Italy

Abstract

"This volume reconstructs, through the perspectives of multiple agents, the vibrant atmosphere of eighteenth-century Italy, mainly Rome, from the standpoint of the art and antiques market. Guided by Grand Tour travelers, monarchs who did not visit the Bel Paese but sought a piece of it, agents striving to carve a niche in the competitive art market, and artists eager to "create" all'antica works to make a name for themselves, the reader will encounter a variety of case studies that will offer a deeper understanding of the dynamism of the Italian art market"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Cavaceppi -- sculptor, restorer, dealer, publisher and forger / Sascha Kansteiner -- Alessandro Albani and European practices of collecting and display in the era of the Grand Tour / Tracy Ehrlich -- The Russian Grand Tour : sculptures purchased by the Count and Countess of the North in Rome in 1782 / Alexander V. Kruglov.