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Henry Walters and Bernard Berenson
Stanley Mazaroff
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Description for Henry Walters and Bernard Berenson
Art collecting in America's Gilded Age was fraught with uncertainty and dubious business practices. In no other partnership is this more evident than that of Henry Walters, and Bernard Berenson, the era's preeminent connoisseur of Italian Renaissance painting. This title tells the story of this close yet contentious relationship. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32, 18 black & white halftones, 14 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Collecting Italian Renaissance paintings during America's Gilded Age was fraught with risk because of the uncertain identities of the artists and the conflicting interests of the dealers. Stanley Mazaroff's fascinating account of the close relationship between Henry Walters, founder of the legendary Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and Bernard Berenson, the era's preeminent connoisseur of Italian paintings, richly illustrates this important chapter of America's cultural history. When Walters opened his Italianate museum in 1909, it was labeled as America's "Great Temple of Art." With more than 500 Italian paintings, including self-portraits purportedly by Raphael and Michelangelo, Walters's collection was compared ... Read more
Collecting Italian Renaissance paintings during America's Gilded Age was fraught with risk because of the uncertain identities of the artists and the conflicting interests of the dealers. Stanley Mazaroff's fascinating account of the close relationship between Henry Walters, founder of the legendary Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and Bernard Berenson, the era's preeminent connoisseur of Italian paintings, richly illustrates this important chapter of America's cultural history. When Walters opened his Italianate museum in 1909, it was labeled as America's "Great Temple of Art." With more than 500 Italian paintings, including self-portraits purportedly by Raphael and Michelangelo, Walters's collection was compared ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801895128
SKU
V9780801895128
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About Stanley Mazaroff
Recognized annually in Best Lawyers in America, Stanley Mazaroff retired from the active practice of law to study art history at the Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Walters Art Museum.
Reviews for Henry Walters and Bernard Berenson
A pointed account of the relationship between the famous connoisseur and the railroad magnate.
Robert Messenger Wall Street Journal 2010 Surprisingly, this is the only book ever to focus on just one of Berenson's client relationships. For this and other reasons, every collector-especially the temple-building grandees at work today-should read Mazaroff 's compelling investigation Fine Art Connoisseur 2010
Robert Messenger Wall Street Journal 2010 Surprisingly, this is the only book ever to focus on just one of Berenson's client relationships. For this and other reasons, every collector-especially the temple-building grandees at work today-should read Mazaroff 's compelling investigation Fine Art Connoisseur 2010