Renaissance jewels, gold boxes and objets de vertu: The Thyssen-Bornemisza collection - Hardcover

Anna Somers Cocks

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3608761845 ISBN 13: 9783608761849

Synopsis

A catalogue of 87 works with authoritative introductions. Although concerned with one particularly fine collection, this book provides a comprehensive account of the objets de luxe made during the Renaissance, throughout the eighteenth century and at the Russian court of 1900. There is an extensive introduction and in the catalogue which follows, as well as illustrating the items from the collection, many comparative pieces are included, together with the graphic sources and marks where these apply.

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Review:

"All the catalogue items are illustrated in superb colour and the plates are accompanied by excellent monochrome photographs of any relevant material required."--"Apollo"
"""The owner (Baron Thyssen) has encouraged the co-authors to catalogue his collection carefully and without prejudice, and they have provided a sumptuous and erudite work worthy of the objects he has assembled." --"The Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide"
""All the catalogue items are illustrated in superb colour and the plates are accompanied by excellent monochrome photographs of any relevant material required.""--Apollo
""The owner (Baron Thyssen) has encouraged the co-authors to catalogue his collection carefully and without prejudice, and they have provided a sumptuous and erudite work worthy of the objects he has assembled."" --The Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide

About the Author:

Anner Somers Cocks and Charles Trumanwere were curators at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 3608761845
• ISBN 13: 9783608761849
• Binding: Hardcover