Author: Jacoby, Joachim
Title: Guillaume Jean Constantin, 1755-1816: A Drawings Dealer in Paris
Description: London, England, Fondation Custodia, 2019. Softcover. white & grey illustrated wraps, printed french flaps. 178 pgs w/ color illustrations. This extraordinary and original study traces the career of the influential Paris art dealer Guillaume Jean Constantin (1755-1816). Using Constantin's dealer's mark and a wealth of unpublished archival material, Joachim Jacoby reconstructs Constantin's hitherto unknown business activities and rediscovers an early and important instance of a bourgeois art dealer. In the course of the 18th century, drawings by old and contemporary masters became an esteemed collectors' item and, in consequence, a highly valued commodity of the art market. This study looks at this business from the perspective of the art dealer Guillaume Jean Constantin (1755-1816), who was active in Paris during the last quarter of the 18th and the first years of the 19th century.--Amazon. Near Fine (light edge-wear; specks to front cover. tight binding; appears unread) .

Keywords: Guillaume Jean Constantin ; Guillaume Jean Constantin ; ;


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