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Smuggling the Renaissance : the illicit export of artworks out of Italy, 1861-1909 /

"Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909 explores the phenomenon of art spoliation in Italy following Unification (1861), when the international demand for Italian Renaissance artworks was at an all-time high but effective art protection legislation had...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smalcerz, Joanna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:Studies in the history of collecting & art markets ; v.8.
Subjects:
Cultural property > Protection > Italy > History > 19th century.
Cultural property > Protection > Italy > History > 20th century.
Art > Economic aspects > Italy > History > 19th century.
Art > Economic aspects > Italy > History > 20th century.
Smuggling > Italy > History > 19th century.
Smuggling > Italy > History > 20th century.
Art > Economic aspects.
Cultural property > Protection.
Smuggling.
Italy.
Illegalität.
Kulturerbe.
Kunst.
Kunsthandel.
Renaissance.
Schmuggel.
Italien.
1800-1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • From Rome to Berlin : the illicit export of the bust of the Princess of Urbino
  • The buying collector : Wilhelm Bode and the demand for Italian Renaissance art
  • The enquiring inspector : Giuseppe Fiorelli and the lacuna in Italian art export law
  • The smuggling dealer : Stefano Bardini and the illicit export of art out of Italy
  • The foreign strawman : Albert Figdor and the role of social networks in art smuggling.