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Bibliographical Note: Sainsbury’s ‘Papers Relating to Rubens’.

On By Paula WoodsIn Balthazar Gerbier, Bibliographical Note, Collection and Patronage, DiplomacyLeave a comment

W.N Sainsbury. Original Unpublished Papers Illustrative of the Life of Sir Peter Paul Rubens As an Artist and a Diplomatist. London. Bradbury and Evans. 1859. From time to time, I intend to add a note on something of bibliographical or historiographical relevance, and thought I'd begin with a book that contributed significantly to stimulating my interest …

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‘Charles I: King and Collector’ at the Royal Academy, London.

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Some highlights of the show. It’s more than forty years since the last major exhibition of works of art associated with Charles I and his circle. In 1972, ‘The Age of Charles I’ at Tate Britain (-then just the Tate Gallery-) provided an inspiring overview of ‘Painting in England, 1620-1649’, at a time when interest …

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