Reassembling a royal art collection for the restored king of Great Britain

Author

Gleissner, Stephen

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the history of collections. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 6, 103-115, 1 ill.

ISSN

0954-6650

Abstract (en)

Addresses the process of reconstituting the royal collection during the first years of the Restoration, when Charles II returned to England. The principle issues include the attempts (which met with surprising success) to reclaim disbursed goods from the royal collection, the means of reclamation, the new King's additions to the collection, and what the new collection tells us about Charles's taste in the arts. Discusses the various proclamations that were issued to reclaim royal goods in private ownership, Charles's purchase of a group of old master paintings from the Breda art dealer William Frizell in 1660, the Dutch Gift offered in 1660, and the king's taste for northern European art. Appendices list the paintings acquired from Frizell in Breda, 1660.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- United Kingdom
• Charles II, king of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-1685
• Collections
• Painting
• Royal Collections||Great Britain
• Collectors
• Great Britain
• 1600-1700
• Restitution
• Art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Royaume-Uni
• Charles II, roi d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande, 1630-1685
• Collections
• Peinture
• Royal Collections||Great Britain
• Collectionneurs
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1600-1700
• Restitution
• Art

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348904

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