From our forthcoming newsletter: Our first weekend tour focussed on French royal nineteenth-century history and collecting with visits to Chantilly, the Abbaye de Chaalis and Pierrefonds. The reason was the exhibition of drawings at Chantilly by Eugène Louis Lami (1800 –1890) painter to the Orleans family who worked extensively for the duc d’Aumale, creating many of … Continue reading Society Event Report: Inaugural Weekend Visit to Chantilly, April 2019
Society Event Report: Talk by Sir Nicholas Penny on Manfrin and Art Collecting in Italy, June 2019
From our forthcoming newsletter: Sir Nicholas Penny presented his audience with the story of what was to many an unknown Venetian collection from the 18th century as well as a feast of ideas, reflections and analysis of taste and acquisition. The Manfrin collection was created in the later 18th century by Count Girolomo Manfrin of … Continue reading Society Event Report: Talk by Sir Nicholas Penny on Manfrin and Art Collecting in Italy, June 2019
Visit to Masterpiece – 1 July, 2019
The Society for the History of Collecting took a tour of Masterpiece Art Fair, meeting gallery owners and examining works of art at first hand. For members only, this visit was intended to introduce participants to the study of collecting as part of the art market. We discussed the provenance of works of art in … Continue reading Visit to Masterpiece – 1 July, 2019
Past Event: Talk from Sir Nicholas Penny on Manfrin and Art Collecting in Italy
4 June 2019: Talk from Sir Nicholas Penny on Manfrin and Art Collecting in Italy The Court Room, Senate House, Malet St. London WC 1 7HU Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 18:00 -20:00 A remarkable series of books that have appeared over the last twenty years provide a complete picture of art collecting in Venice over four … Continue reading Past Event: Talk from Sir Nicholas Penny on Manfrin and Art Collecting in Italy
Past Event: Book Launch for The Charisma and Collecting of Classical Art
23 May 2019: Book Launch for The Charisma and Collecting of Classical Art Room G7, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU Thursday, 23 May 2019, 18:00 – 20:30 On Thursday 23rd May the Society for the History of Collecting hosted an event to celebrate Classical Art: A Life History from Antiquity to the Present by Dr. Caroline Vout (Department of … Continue reading Past Event: Book Launch for The Charisma and Collecting of Classical Art