A CAPITAL COLLECTION: HOUGTON HALL AND THE HERMITAGE

MOORE, ANDREW

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ISBN:978-0-300-09758-0
EAN:9780300097580
Editorial: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Fecha de la edición:2002
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:448
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/ ARTE Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES / ARTE MODERNO: SIGLOS XIV-XVIII

After the fall of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first "prime minister," from political power in 1742, most of his celebrated collection of Old Master paintings was removed to his newly-built Palladian house in Norfolk, Houghton Hall. In 1779 this collection was sold by Sir Robert's grandson to the Empress Catherine II of Russia, which was seen as a scandalous loss to Britain. This book catalogues for the first time the entire collection in Russia as well as those works of art that remained at Houghton Hall. Accompanying the catalogue are essays on various aspects of the formation and sale of the collection. This book accompanies an exhibition at the Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House in London that opens in September 2002.