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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Russell, Francis (1949-....)
Titre(s) : A catalogue of the pictures and drawings at Wilton House [Texte imprimé] / Francis Russell
Publication : Oxford : Archaeopress publishing, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-292 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 31 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes
The collection of pictures at Wilton has been celebrated since the seventeenth century;
and its historic arrangement is uniquely well documented in a series of catalogues
of which the first, issued in 1731, was the earliest such publication about any private
collection in England. Of successive owners of the house, three made significant contributions:
William, 4th Earl of Pembroke, who commissioned van Dyck's monumental portrait of
his family that dominates the Double Cube Room he had created; his grandson, Thomas,
8th Earl of Pembroke who assembled what was in some respects a pioneering collection
of old master pictures for the house; and his grandson, Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke,
patron of Reynolds and Wilson, among others. Such masterpieces as Lucas van Leyden's
Card Players, Cesare da Sesto's Leda - long attributed to Leonardo - and Ribera's
Democritus are matched by remarkable portrait drawings by Raphael and Holbein. These
are complemented by a substantial deposit of family portraits and other pictures that
attest to the tastes and interests of successive generations of the Herbert family
Sujet(s) : Peinture -- Grande-Bretagne
Dessin -- Grande-Bretagne
Wilton House -- Collections d'art
Genre ou forme : Catalogues
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781789699845. - ISBN 1789699843
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47110703s
Notice n° :
FRBNF47110703
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
