The Collections of Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Viceroy of Sicily between 1622 and 1624 Maria Beatrice Failla Tuesday 27 April, 6.30pm. (BST) Online In the summer of 1625, in the Royal Palace of Palermo, in a city still ravaged by the plague, the goods and collections of Prince Emanuele Filiberto, who was a direct … Continue reading The Collections of Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy (27 April, 2021)
Review: Elizabethan Globalism: England, China and the Rainbow Portrait
Elizabethan Globalism: England, China and the Rainbow Portrait Matthew Dimmock, 2019. London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. 336pp., 90 colour & 7 b/w illustrations. ISBN 9781913107031. - Susan Bracken This beautifully illustrated book discusses a potential stimulus to the production of the famous Rainbow Portrait (collection of the Marquess of Salisbury), which … Continue reading Review: Elizabethan Globalism: England, China and the Rainbow Portrait
Review: Women and the Art and Science of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Women and the Art and Science of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century Europe (Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950) Arlene Leis and Kacie L. Wills, 2021. London & New York : Routledge, 212 pp., 12 colour & 25 b/w illustrations., £96.00 (hardback) £29.59 (ebook). ISBN 9780367856663 (hardback) ISBN 9780367856670 (ebook) - Natasha Shoory Women … Continue reading Review: Women and the Art and Science of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Review: Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909
Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909 (Series: Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets, Volume 8) Joanna Smalcerz, 2020. Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, xii, 244 pp., full colour ill. €121.00 (excl. VAT; ebook also available). ISBN 978-90-04-42148-6 (hardback), ISBN 978-90-04-42149-3 (ebook). - Eleni Vassilika Smalcerz’s study … Continue reading Review: Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909
Review: A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology
A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology Toby Wilkinson, 2020. London : Picador. 512pp. Available in hardback, paperback, and ebook from various retailers. ISBN 9781509858705 - Eleni Vassilika The non-specialist museum visitor may wonder how ancient Egyptian objects have ended up in western museums. Specialists will scan labels … Continue reading Review: A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology