In Conversation

Intention and Innovation in Eighteenth-Century Display
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73285-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, a generation of collectors in France and the Holy Roman Empire developed new principles for the display of paintings, principles based on comparison triggered by the mixture of schools and periods; its aim was to encourage analysis and connoisseurship through comparison and conversation. The ground-breaking theories of Roger de Piles were central to this novel approach, and essential to its understanding. These principles were predominant until the 1780s. This book examines case studies in France, the German Empire and the UK that exemplify these new principles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holmes, Mary Tavener

Vogtherr, Christoph Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstförderung, Mäzenatentum, Auktionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements IX

List of Figures

Introduction 1 Social Spaces: Displaying and Discussing Paintings in Eighteenth-Century European Collections 2 A New Theoretical Framework 3 The Vanishing Role of Iconography 4 Setting the Stage: Vienna and Versailles at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century

Part 1: Pioneers of the New Principles

Introduction to Part 1

1 Lothar Franz Graf Schönborn at Pommersfelden, Schloss Weißenstein

2 Eugen Prince of Savoy at Vienna, Upper Belvedere

3 Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans at Paris, Palais Royal

4 Pierre Crozat at Paris, rue de Richelieu

Part 2: New Approaches by Private Collectors

Introduction to Part 2

5 Jeanne-Baptiste d’Albert, Comtesse de Verrue at Paris, rue du Cherche-Midi

6 Jean de Jullienne at Paris, rue des Gobelins

7 François Berger at Paris, rue Saint-Marc

8 Etienne-François, Duc de Choiseul at Paris, rue de Richelieu

Part 3: Rulers and Institutions

Introduction to Part 3

9 Elector Friedrich August II of Saxony / August III King of Poland at Dresden, Stallhof

10 The Electors Palatine at Düsseldorf, Schloss, and at Mannheim, Schloss

11 The French Royal Collection at Paris, Palais du Luxembourg

12 The Académie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture at the Salon, Paris, Palais du Louvre

13 Abel-François Poisson de Vandières, Marquis de Marigny et de Menars at Paris, rue Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre

14 Friedrich II King of Prussia at Potsdam, Schloss Sanssouci and Bildergalerie

Part 4: The British Contribution

Introduction to Part 4

15 Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall

16 Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall

17 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute at Luton Hoo

Part 5: On the Verge of the Museum Age

Introduction to Part 5

18 The Imperial Collection at Vienna, Upper Belvedere

Conclusion: Principles of Eighteenth-Century Paintings Displays

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Tavener Holmes, Ph.D., is an independent scholar with a specialty in the art of the eighteenth century. Her publications include De Watteau à Fragonard: Les fêtes galantes (with Christoph Vogtherr, 2014) and Nicolas Lancret’s Dance before a Fountain (2006).

Christoph Martin Vogtherr is General Director of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, Potsdam, and was before the director at Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Wallace Collection. He is a specialist of French eighteenth-century art and the history of art collecting.