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America and the art of Flanders : collecting paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and their circles

Title
America and the art of Flanders : collecting paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and their circles / edited by Esmée Quodbach.
Publication
  • University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
  • Quodbach, Esmée
  • Frick Collection.
Description
xviii, 227 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm.
Summary
"A collection of essays by twelve scholars and museum curators examining the allure of Flemish painting to Americans over the past centuries, chronicling the roles played by determined individuals in forming private and public collections"--
Series Statement
The Frick Collection studies in the history of art collecting in America ; volume five
Uniform Title
Studies in the history of art collecting in America ; 5.
Subject
  • Painting, Flemish > Collectors and collecting > History. > United States
  • Painting, Flemish > Appreciation > History. > United States
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (193-199) and index.
Contents
Introduction : pleasure and prestige : the complex history of collecting Flemish art in America / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. -- Before modern connoisseurship : Robert Gilmor, Jr.'s, quest for Flemish paintings in the Early Republic / Lance Humphries -- Collecting the art of Flanders in antebellum New York / Margaret R. Laster -- The American Van Dyck / Adam Eaker -- A family affair : Bruegel and sons in America / Louisa Wood Ruby -- In search of major masters : Boston's history of collecting Flemish baroque painting / Ronni Baer -- "Never a dull picture" : John Graver Johnson collects Flemish art / Esmée Quodbach -- Creating an acquired taste for Flemish paintings : the advice of W.R. Valentiner and others / Dennis P. Weller -- Collecting seventeenth-century Flemish paintings in the Midwest / George S. Keyes -- From personal treasures to public gifts : the Flemish painting collection at the National Gallery of Art / Alexandra Libby -- Collecting Rubens in America / Marjorie E. Wieseman -- "It is a great painting for a museum" : collecting Flemish paintings in southern California / Anne T. Woollett.
Call Number
JQF 21-174
ISBN
  • 9780271086088
  • 0271086084
LCCN
  • 2020020019
  • 40030238229
OCLC
1157362329
Title
America and the art of Flanders : collecting paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and their circles / edited by Esmée Quodbach.
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The Frick Collection studies in the history of art collecting in America ; volume five
Studies in the history of art collecting in America ; 5.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (193-199) and index.
Added Author
Quodbach, Esmée, editor.
Frick Collection.
Other Standard Identifier
40030238229
Research Call Number
JQF 21-174
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