Journal | MDCCC 1800
Journal issue | 9 | 2020
Research Article | Il mercato artistico nel carteggio fra Michelangelo Gualandi e Charles Lock Eastlake (1855-1865): un’introduzione
Il mercato artistico nel carteggio fra Michelangelo Gualandi e Charles Lock Eastlake (1855-1865): un’introduzione
Abstract
Born in Bologna in the late XIX century, Michelangelo Gualandi was trained as a tradesman. Studying art as a self-taught, he was able to establish himself as an art amateur and as a learned man, without however really ever abandoning his involvement in art trade. From 1855 he was agent of Charles Lock Eastlake, the first director of the National Gallery, and collaborated with him in the acquisition of paintings until the death of the Englishman, in 1865. Based on the recently rediscovered correspondence between Eastlake, other English connoisseurs and Gualandi, this article presents brand new information we can gain from the correspondence on both successful and failed purchases. Particular attention is paid to the aspects related to the modalities through which the sales took place.
Submitted: March 20, 2020 | Accepted: May 12, 2020 | Published Dec. 10, 2020 | Language: it
Keywords Charles Lock Eastlake • William Boxall • Elizabeth Rigby • Bologna • Otto Mündler • XIX century art market • Michelangelo Gualandi • National Gallery
Copyright © 2020 Giovanni Mazzaferro. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/MDCCC/2280-8841/2020/01/005
