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This remarkable book examines the revolutionary transformations of the European art market at the turn of the eighteenth century. Based on British art sales information drawn from the Getty Provenance Index(R), a new picture of auctions, collections, and dealers that changed the European art world during the nineteenth century emerges. -- Dr. Michael North, Professor and Chair of Modern History, University of Greifswald The contributions add valuable detail to the history of the British art market and its connections with other European cultural centers, particularly with Paris. --Michael Hutter Journal of British Studies Empirically groundbreaking and theoretically informed, this volume will be an indispensable read for anyone interested in the history of European art markets. It brings together many of the disciplines' leading scholars, covering a time and place that have so far remained overlooked. -- Olav Velthuis, University of Amsterdam Important. . . . Groundbreaking. --Christoph Vogtherr The Burlington Magazine

This remarkable book examines the revolutionary transformations of the European art market at the turn of the eighteenth century. Based on British art sales information drawn from the Getty Provenance Index(R), a new picture of auctions, collections, and dealers that changed the European art world during the nineteenth century emerges. -- Dr. Michael North, Professor and Chair of Modern History, University of Greifswald Empirically groundbreaking and theoretically informed, this volume will be an indispensable read for anyone interested in the history of European art markets. It brings together many of the disciplines' leading scholars, covering a time and place that have so far remained overlooked. -- Olav Velthuis, University of Amsterdam

This remarkable book examines the revolutionary transformations of the European art market at the turn of the eighteenth century. Based on British art sales information drawn from the Getty Provenance Index(R), a new picture of auctions, collections, and dealers that changed the European art world during the nineteenth century emerges. -- Dr. Michael North, Professor and Chair of Modern History, University of Greifswald

"""Important. . . . Groundbreaking."" --Christoph Vogtherr ""The Burlington Magazine"" ""Empirically groundbreaking and theoretically informed, this volume will be an indispensable read for anyone interested in the history of European art markets. It brings together many of the disciplines' leading scholars, covering a time and place that have so far remained overlooked."" -- Olav Velthuis, University of Amsterdam ""The contributions add valuable detail to the history of the British art market and its connections with other European cultural centers, particularly with Paris."" --Michael Hutter ""Journal of British Studies"" ""This remarkable book examines the revolutionary transformations of the European art market at the turn of the eighteenth century. Based on British art sales information drawn from the Getty Provenance Index(R), a new picture of auctions, collections, and dealers that changed the European art world during the nineteenth century emerges."" -- Dr. Michael North, Professor and Chair of Modern History, University of Greifswald"

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Susanna Avery-Quash is senior research curator in the history of collecting at the National Gallery, London, where she is in charge of the research area of buying, collecting and display. She has led research projects, organised conferences and published extensively on the history of collecting and the art market. Christian Huemer is director of the Belvedere Research Center, Vienna. From 2008 to 2017 he headed the Project for the Study of Collecting and Provenance at the Getty Research Institute.

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