Title & Author:

The sale of the century : artistic relations between Spain and Great Britain, 1604-1655 / edited by Jonathan Brown and John Elliott.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press in association with Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, ©2002.

Description:

315 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held in the Museo del Prado, Mar. 15-June 2, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-307) and index.
Introduction / Jonathan Brown, John Elliott -- A Troubled Relationship: Spain and Great Britain, 1604-1655 / John Elliott -- Spanish and English Diplomatic Representatives -- Artistic Relations Between Spain and England 1604-1655 / Jonathan Brown -- The Arundel Collection: Collecting and Patronage in England in the Reigns of Philip III and Philip IV / David Howarth -- Luis De Haro as Minister, Patron and Collector of Art / Marcus B. Burke -- Pictorial Decoration of the Escorial During the Reign of Philip IV / Bonaventura Bassegoda -- The Treaty -- The Prince of Wales's Visit -- The Decade of the 1630s -- The Sale of the Century -- Spanish Acquisitions from British Collections -- Documentary Appendix: Documents Relating to the Charles I Sale in the Archivo De La Casa De Alba [ACA].
Essays by John Elliott, Jonathan Brown, David Howarth, Marcus B. Burke and Bonaventura Bassegoda.
Documentary appendix in Spanish.

Summary:

On 30 January 1649, following his defeat in the English Civil War, Charles I was executed. A few months later, Parliament passed an 'Act for the Sale of the Late King's Goods', and in early October the 'Sale of the Century' began. Over the next four years, masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Mantegna, Veronese and other famous artists were covertly acquired by the Spanish ambassador in London. He shipped them to Madrid, where they were divided between the collections of Philip IV and his principal minister, Luis de Haro. The 'Sale of the Century' is one of the most famous events in the history of collecting and is the culminating episode in this book, which traces the political and artistic relationship of Britain and Spain in the first half of the seventeenth century. Distinguished historians and art historians begin their story in 1604 with the signing of the Anglo-Spanish Peace Treaty. They also discuss the novelesque visit to Madrid in 1623 of the Prince of Wales, the future Charles I, accompanied by the Duke of Buckingham, as well as the episode involving Peter Paul Rubens, who in 1628-29 acted as an agent in fresh peace negotiations between the two monarchies. The book includes portraits and biographies of the leading figures, contemporary representations of the major historical events, and, of course, an account of many of the masterpieces that moved from London to Madrid. Never before has this remarkable story been told in such rich and colourful detail. This fascinating book is the catalogue for an exhibition held in the Museo del Prado from March 15 to June 2, 2002.

ISBN:

0300097611
9780300097610

Subject:

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 Art collections Exhibitions.
Charles I, roi d'Angleterre, 1600-1649 Collections d'art Expositions.
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
Painting, European 16th century Exhibitions.
Painting, European 17th century Exhibitions.
Painting Private collections England Exhibitions.
Painting England Marketing.
Art patronage Spain History 17th century Exhibitions.
Painting Private collections Great Britain Exhibitions.
Painting Great Britain Marketing.
Peinture européenne 16e siècle Expositions.
Peinture européenne 17e siècle Expositions.
Peinture Collections privées Grande-Bretagne Expositions.
Peinture Grande-Bretagne Commercialisation.
Mécénat Espagne Histoire 17e siècle Expositions.
Peinture Collections privées Angleterre Expositions.
Art Private collections
Art patronage
Diplomatic relations
Painting, European
Painting Marketing
Painting Private collections
Kunsthandel.
Verzamelen.
Great Britain Foreign relations Spain.
Spain Foreign relations Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne Relations extérieures Espagne.
Espagne Relations extérieures Grande-Bretagne.
England
Great Britain
Spain
Spain Foreign relations Great Britain 17th century.
Great Britain Foreign relations Spain 17th century.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Brown, Jonathan, 1939-2022, editor.
Elliott, J. H. (John Huxtable)
Museo del Prado.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223116
Call No.: N6410 .S3 2002
Status: Available