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Duveen, the Dreyfus collection, and the treatment of Italian Renaissance sculpture : examples from the National Gallery of Art

Author
Luchs, Alison
Document type
Article (journal)
Language
English
Source
Studies in the history of art. 1990, Vol. 24, 31-38, 14 ill.
ISSN
0091-7338
Abstract (en)
Compares three sets of photographs of Italian sculptures from the Gustave Dreyfus collection now in the National Gallery (Washington), the first taken in 1907, the second taken by Clarence Kennedy in 1930 after the collection had been acquired by Duveen and the sculptures cleaned and restored for resale, and the third set taken Jan 1985 under lighting conditions imitating those of 1907. Suggests that some seeming alterations are due to the photographs, and asserts that no sound judgment on a sculpture's quality or authenticity can be made without taking into account not only the stages through which it has passed to reach its present condition, but also the intermediary role of the photographer in recording these.
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Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00433524

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