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Published by Yale University Press / Museo Nacional del Prado, New Haven, Conn, 2002
ISBN 10: 0300097611ISBN 13: 9780300097610
Book
Hardcover. Gray cloth, black & color ilus. dust jacket, 315 pp., BW & color illus. "On 30th January 1649, following his defeat in the English Civil War, Charles I was executed. A few months later, Parliament passed an "Act for the Sale of the Late King's Goods", and in early October the "Sale of the Century" began. Over the next four years, masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Mategna, Veronese and other famous artists were covertly acquired by the Spanish ambassador in London. He shipped them to Madrid, where they were divided between the collections of Philip IV and his principal minister, Luis de Haro. The "Sale of the Century" is one of the most famous events in the history of collecting and is the culminating episode in this text, which traces the political and artistic relationship of Britain and Spain in the first half of the 17th century." (dj). VG, As New (SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY ONE EDITOR on tp.).
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, U.S.A., 2002
ISBN 10: 0300097611ISBN 13: 9780300097610
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 315pp/illus. The sale of King Charles' goods.after the civil war.one of the most famous events in the history of collecting. Published to coincide with the exhibition. A magnificently produced book illustrated throughout in colour.