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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828720603321

Autore

Spieth Darius Alexander <1970->

Titolo

Revolutionary Paris and the market for Netherlandish art / / by Darius A. Spieth ; with a foreword by Marc Fumaroli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-27675-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (535 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Collana

Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets, , 2352-0485 ; ; Volume 3

Disciplina

700.94436109033

Soggetti

Art - France - Paris - Marketing - History - 18th century

Art - France - Paris - Marketing - History - 19th century

Art dealers - France - Paris - History - 18th century

Art dealers - France - Paris - History - 19th century

Painting - Economic aspects - France - Paris - History - 18th century

Painting - Economic aspects - France - Paris - History - 19th century

Painting, Dutch - 17th century

Painting, Flemish - 17th century

Paris (France) Commerce History 18th century

Paris (France) Commerce History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From Eyesores to Blue Chip Art / Darius A. Spieth and Marc Fumaroli -- On the Art of Surviving the Revolution: Jean-Baptiste Pierre Lebrun / Darius A. Spieth and Marc Fumaroli -- A Long Good Bye to the Palais Royal: The Northern Pictures in the Orléans Collection / Darius A. Spieth and Marc Fumaroli -- Liberty’s Toll on Beauty’s Price / Darius A. Spieth and Marc Fumaroli -- Netherlandish Art in France: A History of Taste and Money across Three Centuries / Darius A. Spieth and Marc Fumaroli.

Sommario/riassunto

Seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings were aesthetic, intellectual, and economic touchstones in the Parisian art world of the Revolutionary era, but their importance within this framework, while



frequently acknowledged, never attracted much subsequent attention. Darius A. Spieth’s inquiry into Revolutionary Paris and the Market for Netherlandish Art reveals the dominance of “Golden Age” pictures in the artistic discourse and sales transactions before, during, and after the French Revolution. A broadly based statistical investigation, undertaken as part of this study, shows that the upheaval reduced prices for Netherlandish paintings by about 55% compared to the Old Regime, and that it took until after the July Revolution of 1830 for art prices to return where they stood before 1789.