ART COLLECTING AT THE ENGLISH COURT FROM THE DEATH OF HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES TO THE DEATH OF ANNE OF DENMARK (November 1612 March 1619)
1997; Oxford University Press; Volume: 9; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/jhc/9.1.31
ISSN1477-8564
Autores Tópico(s)Art History and Market Analysis
ResumoThis article focuses upon art collecting between the separate periods in which the sons of James I of England, Henry and Charles, were active collectors. It was in the intervening years that collections of quality, largely consisting of imported works, came to be seen as essential possessions by the greatest court figures. The late Prince Henry's influence persisted, and the general collecting ferment is seen to have affected Prince Charles's subsequent ambition and taste. The major collections of the Earl of Northampton and Anne of Denmark are discussed, and that of the Earl of Somerset placed in context. Lesser collectors and connoisseurs are seen to have had considerable influence, as did Isaac Oliver, acting as a dealer and adviser. The growing taste for Venetian painting is a constant theme. Ubiquitous figures, the Earl of Arundel and Sir Henry Wotton, acting apart, are confirmed as arbiters of taste and prime instigators of the collecting phenomenon in these years.
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