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berenson: such a deal

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Dave

The whole thing was a scandal. Authenticating Old Master art, inflating the price, actig for the buyer and making commission as a seller. But there behavior probably reflected the same values and mannerisms of the wealthy industrial class they were … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Clive Bell, Erwin Panofsky, Fosco Maraini, isabella stewart gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, joseph duveen, Leo Nardus, Lord Allendale, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, meryle secrest, Morellian, P.A.B. Widener, Raphael, Richard Offner, Robert Langton Douglas, Roger Fry, Sir Charles Holmes, Wilhelm von Bode | Leave a comment

a fiesty collector

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Dave

Isabella Stewart Gardner. “Mrs. Jack” startled staid Boston society by erecting a Venetian pleasure dome in the Back Bay and filling it with masterpieces for the public to enjoy… In Seville, in 1888, Mrs. Gardner bought her first old master-a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Antonio Moro portrait of Mary Tudor, Bernard Berenson, Charles Eliot Norton, Countess Eleanor Pallffy, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, john sargent singer, John Sargent Singer El Jaleo, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mantegna, P.A.B. Widener, Pesellino wedding chests, Piero de Medici, Richard Norton, Rubens The Rape of Europa, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Titian The Rape of Europa, Van Dyck, Velazquez portraits, Vermeer The Concert, Zurbaran Madonna | Leave a comment

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