Old masters, new world : America's raid on Europe's great pictures, 1880-World War I / Cynthia Saltz...
Old masters, new world : America's raid on Europe's great pictures, 1880-World War I / Cynthia Saltz...
Old masters, new world : America's raid on Europe's great pictures, 1880-World War I / Cynthia Saltzman.
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Publisher
New York : Viking, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N759.94075/1
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English
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Physical content
x, 336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Viking, 2008.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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"At the end of the nineteenth century, as the United States began to overtake England as a world power, a group of culturally ambitious Americans, intent on endowing the nation with artistic assets worthy of its new empire - as well as aquiring for their own pleasure - bought Raphaels, Rembrandts, Titians, Vermeers, and other Old Master paintings."...
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Old masters, new world : America's raid on Europe's great pictures, 1880-World War I / Cynthia Saltzman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-324) and index.
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N759.94075/1
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74VMbkKLm4jA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbkKLm4jA
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ISBN
9780670018314
0670018317
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759.94075
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991000873419702626
