Overview

This title is a catalogue in two parts, the first exploring the life of Anatole Demidoff, a flamboyant Russian emigre, and the second examining 80 of the paintings and works of art that he amassed, which now form part of the Wallace Collection. One of the aims of the catalogue is to provide an insight into taste and connoisseurship in the 19th century.

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Author:   Francis Haskell ,  etc.
Publisher:   Trustees of the Wallace Collection
Imprint:   Trustees of the Wallace Collection
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 27.80cm
Weight:   0.511kg
ISBN:  

9780900785405

ISBN 10:   0900785403
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   01 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Anatole Demidoff and the Wallace Collection, Francis Haskell; 19th-century paintings, Stephen Duffy; 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, Stephen Duffy; 18th-century French paintings, Stephen Duffy; furniture, Robert Wenley; ceramics, Robert Wenley; metalwork and objets de vertu , Robert Wenley; gold boxes, miniatures and jewels, Robert Wenley; pipes and smokers' requisites, Robert Wenley; arms and armour, David Edge. Appendices: works of art formerly in the Anatole Demidoff and Hertford-Wallace collections; Demidoff family art sales.

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Robert Wenley is head of collections and deputy director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham, UK.

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