| Description |
1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations |
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The Auctions -- Orphan Chamber Auctions in Amsterdam -- How Auction Sales of the Orphan Chamber Were Conducted -- Extant Records of Auction Sales in Chronological Perspective -- Aggregate Statistics of Sales and the Owners of Goods Sold -- The Buyers at Auction Sales -- The Wealth of Buyers -- Clusters of Private Buyers -- Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants -- What Did They Buy and at What Prices? -- Attributions -- Echoes -- Concluding Words on Auctions -- Profiles of Selected Buyers -- Art Dealers I: Artists and Merchants in the Trade -- Art Dealers II: Johannes de Renialme -- Art Dealers III: The Story of a Merchant Who Thought He Could Sell Paintings to a King -- Art Collectors and Painters I: Rubens's Promise to Hans Thijsz -- Art Collectors and Painters II: Jacob Swalmius and Rembrandt -- Art Collectors and Painters III: Marten van den Broeck and Rembrandt's Losses at Sea -- Art Collectors and Painters IV: Jan van Maerlen and His Extended Family -- Art Collectors and Painters V: Jean le Bleu, Francois Venant and Rembrandt's "Feast of Belshazzar" -- A Collector with Connections to Major Cultural Figures: Robbert van der Hoeve and the "Muiden Circle" -- What Santa Claus Brought to the Youth of Amsterdam -- When Sellers and Buyers Were Related: Elbert and Cornelis Symonsz. Pool, Jeltge Claes, and Pieter Claesz. Codde -- A Collector Who Held On to His Purchase for Over Fifty Years -- An Afterword on Mentalites |
| Summary |
Examines original documents from Amsterdam's Orphan Chamber, analyzing the profiles of buyers of art by auction |
| Analysis |
history of amsterdam |
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geschiedenis |
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kunst en kunstgeschiedenis |
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history, geography, and auxiliary disciplines |
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geschiedenis van amsterdam |
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historical treatment of fine and decorative arts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Art auctions -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century
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Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century
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Humanities.
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History.
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The arts.
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History of art -- art and design styles.
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ART -- General.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Art auctions
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Art -- Collectors and collecting
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Kunsthandel.
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Kunstveilingen.
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Inventarissen.
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Veilingen.
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Catalogi (vorm)
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Netherlands -- Amsterdam
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585496455 |
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9780585496450 |
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9789048505166 |
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904850516X |
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