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Book SynopsisThe professional career and success of Wilhelm Bode (1845-1929) relied on the business of connoisseurship. Like other contemporary art historians involved in the commerce of art, he was entangled in the reciprocal dynamics and interdependencies of the nascent discipline of art history, connoisseurship and the art trade. The volume introduces new material and a fresh perspective on Bode’s strategic participation in the Western art market, exposing the particular consequences of these entanglements on the birth of the art historical canon and showcasing his complex agency within the art marketplace of the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Entanglement of Art Historical Scholarship, Connoisseurship and the Art Trade in the Late Nineteenth Century Part 1: Deploying Connoisseurship to Affect the Market 1 Wilhelm Bode and His Loyal Lieutenants: The Trade in Dutch Pictures, 1879–1914 Michael J. Ripps 2 Wilhelm Bode and Charles Sedelmeyer in 1882–83: The Start of a Fateful Relationship Catherine B. Scallen 3 Wilhelm Bode and Johannes Vermeer: Creating a Taste and a Market Esmée Quodbach Part 2: Navigating the Italian Marketplace through Networks of Dealers and Intermediaries 4 Wilhelm Bode and the Italian Art Trade in Renaissance Sculpture: The Case of Genoa Michela Zurla 5 Bardini and Beyond: Wilhelm Bode and the Art Dealers in Florence Patrizia Cappellini Part 3: Art Advisory and Strategic Relationships with Collectors 6 Some Remarks on Wilhelm Bode and the Art Market in Italy, 1880s–1909: The Cases of Pietro Foresti (1854–1926) and A. Chiesa Fulvia Zaninelli 7 Wilhelm Bode and the Collector Adalbert von Lanna Michaela Watrelot Part 4: Bode’s Double Game 8 The Spy of Venice: Gustav Ludwig and Wilhelm Bode between Art Market and Art Research Martin Gaier 9 Wilhelm Bode and the Rise and Fall of the Grand-ducal Gallery of Oldenburg Sebastian Dohe and Malve Anna Falk Index
