Project Gutenberg 2008-08-07 Public domain in the USA. 374 Dumesnil, Antoine Jules 1805 1891 Dumesnil, Jules 04007653 Histoire des Plus Célèbres Amateurs Étrangers Espagnols, Anglais, Flamands, Hollandais et Allemands et de leurs relations avec les artistes Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Histoire des Plus Célèbres Amateurs Étrangers" by Antoine Jules Dumesnil is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the influential relationships between prominent foreign art patrons such as Spanish, English, Flemish, Dutch, and German nobles and the artists of their time, highlighting their roles in the development of the arts during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. At the start of the work, Dumesnil sets the stage by reflecting on his own journey into the study of art, spurred by his admiration for Raphael’s frescoes in Rome. He recounts how his initial curiosity led to a broader exploration of influential art collectors throughout history, emphasizing the significant impact these patrons had on the careers of great artists. The opening chapters focus on Spanish patrons like King Philip II and notable figures such as Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, detailing their profound appreciation for Venetian art and the connections they fostered with leading artists of the time, including Titian. This lays a foundational understanding of the intertwining of politics, culture, and the arts in shaping the artistic landscape of their respective epochs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Art -- Collectors and collecting Art patronage N Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Art 978381 2025-06-11T04:33:02.899904 text/html 1112951 2021-01-03T22:50:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 343119 2021-01-03T22:50:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 420717 2025-06-11T04:33:19.966832 application/epub+zip 443137 2025-06-11T04:33:07.771876 application/epub+zip 420647 2025-06-11T04:33:05.780911 application/epub+zip 872104 2025-06-11T04:33:28.582794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 803556 2025-06-11T04:33:18.602864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 656740 2022-09-12T08:33:04.434593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 807165 2025-06-11T04:33:00.889437 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 807169 2021-01-03T22:50:27 text/plain; charset=utf-8 302796 2021-01-03T22:50:27 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 786822 2021-01-03T22:50:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 299736 2021-01-03T22:50:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21108 2025-06-11T04:33:28.753778 application/rdf+xml 18548 2025-06-11T04:33:06.462868 image/jpeg 4162 2025-06-11T04:33:06.116864 image/jpeg 409576 2025-06-11T04:33:02.982885 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog