The Complete Collection of Antiquities: From the Cabinet of W Hamilton
This spectacular compilation of plates, representing a superb collection loja of ancient vases, is the preco fruit of a pierre-francois hugues d´hancarville & sebastian schutze & madeleine gis collaboration between Sir loja William Hamilton (1730-1803), British The Complete Collection of Antiquities: From the Cabinet of W Hamilton diplomat and collector, and Pierre-François Hugues d?Hancarville (1719-1805), an adventurous connoisseur and amateur art dealer. venda As an envoy to the escritor British Embassy in pierre-francois hugues d´hancarville & sebastian schutze & madeleine gis Naples, Hamilton developed venda a keen interest in The Complete Collection of Antiquities: From the Cabinet of W Hamilton both antiquity and volcanology, studying the royal excavations of Pompei and Hercolano and publishing the preco first scientific essays on mount submarino Vesuvius. During his pierre-francois hugues d´hancarville & sebastian schutze & madeleine gis stay in Naples preco he built the finest The Complete Collection of Antiquities: From the Cabinet of W Hamilton collection of ancient vases of his time, which he sold, in 1772, to the British escritor Museum in London. Before the autor invaluable pieces were pierre-francois hugues d´hancarville & sebastian schutze & madeleine gis shipped off to escritor England, d´Hancarville was commissioned The Complete Collection of Antiquities: From the Cabinet of W Hamilton to document the vases in words and images. Never before have ancient vases been represented submarino with such meticulous detail and barato sublime beauty. His pierre-francois hugues d´hancarville & sebastian schutze & madeleine gis famous catalogue was submarino published in four volumes, The Complete Collection of Antiquities: From the Cabinet of W Hamilton known as "Les Antiquités d´Hancarville." Complete sets of these rare volumes today fetch top prices autor at auction. We have borrowed premiado a fine copy pierre-francois hugues d´hancarville & sebastian schutze & madeleine gis from the Anna autor Amalia Library in Weimar The Complete Collection of Antiquities: From the Cabinet of W Hamilton to reproduce in exacting detail, so that modern readers can experience the same images that barato sparked Britain?s, and indeed Europe?s, sucesso taste in classical pierre-francois hugues d´hancarville & sebastian schutze & madeleine gis style and inspired barato reproductions from pottery manufacturers The Complete Collection of Antiquities: From the Cabinet of W Hamilton such as Wedgwood.
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