The Orléans Collection

288 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

- A major contribution to art historical scholarship and of great interest to art historians and collectors, and to the general public.- Celebrates the tricentennial of the city of New Orleans.- Structured to maximize scholarly interest, publish new research and consolidate what is known about Philippe II's collection, one of the greatest private collections of Western art ever assembled.- Features contributions by an international array of leading scholars, including Françoise Mardrus, Louvre Museum; Nicole Garnier-Pelle, Musée Condé; Alexandre Dupilet, author and historian; Xavier Salomon, The Frick Collection; Rachel McGarry, Minneapolis Institute of Art; Julia Armstrong-Totten, formerly of the Getty Provenance Index; Jean-François Bédard of Syracuse University; and Kelsey Brosnan, curatorial fellow for European Art, The New Orleans Museum of Art.- An invaluable appendix provides the current known locations of the more than 700 works in the collection- Includes short biographies of previous owners of the works- Includes works from the J. Paul Getty Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Chrysler Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC