Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam /
Examines original documents from Amsterdam's Orphan Chamber, analyzing the profiles of buyers of art by auction.
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2002.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.