Houghton Revisited - The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine the Great's Hermitage /anglais - Couverture rigide

Morel, Thierry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1907533508 ISBN 13 : 9781907533501

Editeur : Royal Academy of Arts, 2013

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1779 the family of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain s first prime minister, sold his remarkable art collection to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. More than two centuries later, these masterpieces, rarely seen outside Russia since that time, are returning to Houghton Hall, the great house built by Walpole. This handsome book illustrates these superlative works hanging once again in William Kent s magnificent interiors. Thierry Morel uncovers the wonders of Walpole s collection, which includes paintings by Van Dyck, Poussin, Rubens and Rembrandt, and traces its journey to the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, to which most of the works now belong. Other essays explore Walpole s artistic tastes and collecting habits, and his beautiful house, one of the finest Palladian buildings in England.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Larissa Dukelskaya is curator of English Prints at the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. John Harris is a curator, historian of architecture, gardens and architectural drawings, and the author of more than 25 books. Andrew Moore is keeper of art at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, England. Thierry Morel is former director of the Hermitage Foundation UK and a member of the Advisory Board of the Hermitage Foundation USA.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Royal Academy of Arts
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1907533508
• ISBN 13: 9781907533501
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272