Item #3691 Vkus kollektsionera: gollandskaia i flamandskaia zhivopis’ XVI – XVII vekov iz sobraniia P.P. Semenova-Tian-Shanskogo (The Taste of a Collector: Dutch and Flemish Painting of the 16th and 17th c. from the Collection of P. P. Semenov-Tian-Shanskii). M. S. Senenko I. A. Sokolova.

Vkus kollektsionera: gollandskaia i flamandskaia zhivopis’ XVI – XVII vekov iz sobraniia P.P. Semenova-Tian-Shanskogo (The Taste of a Collector: Dutch and Flemish Painting of the 16th and 17th c. from the Collection of P. P. Semenov-Tian-Shanskii)

St. Petersburg: Herm, 2006. Sewn pb. Besides cataloguing each work fully, the authors explain themes and content, point out characteristics of the artist’s style, and indicate similar works, thus placing these paintings clearly in the history of Western European art. The introduction sketches the life of the collector, who at various points in his career was a politician, scholar, and explorer. Building his collection, he chose works by famous artists, and by others less so: without his catholic approach many of these works may have been lost to the history of art. Based on one collector’s taste and judgment, they form a coherent collection that offers many new insights into the art of the period. 280 pp, 9 x 12 ins., 6 b-&-w, 158 color, sewn pb., Rus. with artists’ names in ENGLISH. Item #3691
ISBN: 5935722364

Price: $72.00

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