On the basis of extensive archival research, the essays in this volume examine the minutiae of object transaction in the late nineteenth-century art market with

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Italian Renaissance art, objects, and even the idea of Italy itself figured heavily both in the dynamic in

The volume exposes the modus operandi of Wilhelm Bode’s strategic involvement in the art market and the formation and dissolution of public and private collec

Based on an extensive and very meticulous study of different archives and the evaluation of original, previously unpublished, archival material, this book highl

The art market is worth billions globally, despite the effects of the Covid-19 health pandemic. This book brings together a strong cast of contributors to explo