Houghton Revisited - The Walpole Masterpieces From Catherine the Great''s Hermitage

Klappentext In 1779 the family of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first prime minister, sold his remarkable art collection to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. This book uncovers the wonders of Walpole's collection, which includes paintings by Van Dyck, Poussin, Rubens and Rembrandt.

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• Authors: Larissa Dukelskaya, John Harris, Andrew Moore, Thierry Morel, Thierry Dukelskaya Morel, MOREL THIERRY DUKELSKAYA LARISSA
• Publisher: Royal Academy of Art
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2013
• EAN: 9781907533501
• ISBN: 978-1-907533-50-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business