| Description |
1 online resource (xxxviii, 403 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Collecting histories |
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Collecting histories.
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| Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introductory Note; Chapter Abstracts; Part I; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Part II; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Part III; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Bibliography; Authors' Biographies; Index |
| Summary |
Cabinets of prints and drawings are found in the earliest art collections of Early Modern Europe. From the sixteenth century onwards, some of them acquired such fame that the necessity for an ordered and scientific display meant that a dedicated keeper was occasionally employed to ensure that fellow enthusiasts, as well as visiting diplomats, courtiers and artists, might have access to the print room. Often collected and displayed together with drawings, the prints formed a substantial part of princely collections which sometimes achieved astounding longevity as a specialised group of collecti |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-365) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Drawing -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History
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Prints -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History
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ART -- Techniques -- Drawing.
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Drawing -- Collectors and collecting
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Prints -- Collectors and collecting
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gáldy, Andrea M., editor
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Heudecker, Sylvia, 1969- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781527526549 |
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1527526542 |
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