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Society's Event for Members: A Visit to Strawberry Hill
Last Saturday 19 November, 10 members of SocHistColl were able to enjoy an exclusive tour of Horace Walpole’s most extraordinary creation, his villa named Strawberry Hill, guided by its Research Curator Silvia Davoli. Walpole (1717-1797) was a prominent collector and connoisseur of his time, as well as the inventor of the Gothic Revival. … Continue reading Society's Event for Members: A Visit to Strawberry Hill
CFP: The Art of the Network
Call for Papers: The Art of the Network: Visualising Social Relationships, 1400-1600 Deadline: 31 December 2016 Event: Annual Renaissance Postgraduate Symposium, Courtauld Institute of Art, London (28 April 2017) This conference seeks to shed light on the ways in which social networks have been represented visually. Such an approach has great potential to deepen the … Continue reading CFP: The Art of the Network
CFP: Old Masters Worldwide
Call for Book Chapters: A Worldwide Market for Old Masters between the Napoleonic Era and the Great Depression Editors: Susanna Avery-Quash and Barbara Pezzini Deadline: 1 February 2017 The editors are soliciting chapter abstracts for an edited collection with the provisional title of: A Worldwide Market for Old Masters between the Napoleonic Era and the … Continue reading CFP: Old Masters Worldwide
ANN: Database to the Collection of Karoline Luise von Baden (1723-1783)
An online database for the 18th century collection of Karoline Luise von Baden has recently been launched. Assembled in the Karlsruhe Palace, which itself dates to 1715, the cabinet collection consisted of over 200 paintings and later formed the foundation of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. The database includes the Melling Inventory as well as a section devoted to the … Continue reading ANN: Database to the Collection of Karoline Luise von Baden (1723-1783)