Montias, John Michael,  1928-2005. <br/><br/>
Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam /  
John Michael Montias. 
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 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>The Auctions -- Orphan Chamber Auctions in Amsterdam -- How Auction Sales of the Orphan Chamber Were Conducted -- Extant Records of Auction Sales in Chronological Perspective -- Aggregate Statistics of Sales and the Owners of Goods Sold -- The Buyers at Auction Sales -- The Wealth of Buyers -- Clusters of Private Buyers -- Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants -- What Did They Buy and at What Prices? -- Attributions -- Echoes -- Concluding Words on Auctions -- Profiles of Selected Buyers -- Art Dealers I: Artists and Merchants in the Trade -- Art Dealers II: Johannes de Renialme -- Art Dealers III: The Story of a Merchant Who Thought He Could Sell Paintings to a King -- Art Collectors and Painters I: Rubens's Promise to Hans Thijsz -- Art Collectors and Painters II: Jacob Swalmius and Rembrandt -- Art Collectors and Painters III: Marten van den Broeck and Rembrandt's Losses at Sea -- Art Collectors and Painters IV: Jan van Maerlen and His Extended Family -- Art Collectors and Painters V: Jean le Bleu, Francois Venant and Rembrandt's "Feast of Belshazzar" -- A Collector with Connections to Major Cultural Figures: Robbert van der Hoeve and the "Muiden Circle" -- What Santa Claus Brought to the Youth of Amsterdam -- When Sellers and Buyers Were Related: Elbert and Cornelis Symonsz. Pool, Jeltge Claes, and Pieter Claesz. Codde -- A Collector Who Held On to His Purchase for Over Fifty Years -- An Afterword on Mentalites. 
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<br/><br/> Examines original documents from Amsterdam's Orphan Chamber, analyzing the profiles of buyers of art by auction. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Catalogi (vorm)<br/>Veilingen.<br/>Inventarissen.<br/>Kunstveilingen.<br/>Kunsthandel.<br/>Art--Collectors and collecting.<br/>Art auctions.<br/>ART--History--General.<br/>ART--General.<br/>History of art--art and design styles.<br/>The arts.<br/>History.<br/>Humanities.<br/>Art--Collectionneurs et collections--Histoire--Pays-Bas--Amsterdam--17e siecle.<br/>Art--Vente aux encheres--Histoire--Pays-Bas--Amsterdam--17e siecle.<br/>Art--Collectors and collecting--History--Netherlands--Amsterdam--17th century.<br/>Art auctions--History--Netherlands--Amsterdam--17th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Netherlands--Amsterdam.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic book.<br/>Electronic books.