Catalogo De' Quadri Restituiti A Bologna I Quali Da' Francesi, Che Occuparono L'Italia Nel MDCCXCVI. Erano Stati Trasportati In Francia.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/2219
Imprint
Bologna: Nella Tipografia de' Franceschi alla Colomba. Con Approvazione., [ca. 1818.]
Physical Description
28 p.; 211 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - [Text].
Responsibility Note
The work is dedicated to Luigi Salina by 'A.A.B.'
References
C. Gould, Trophy of conquest: the Musée Napoléon and the creation of the Louvre (1965); F. Boyer, Le monde des arts en Italie et la France de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1970); D.M. Quynn, 'The Art confiscations of the Napoleonic wars', in American Historical Review, 50 (1945), p.437-60; M.L. Blumer, 'La Commission pour la recherche des objets de science et arts en Italie (1796-1797)', in Révolution française (1934), p.62-88, 124-50, 222-59; C. Saunier, Les Conquêtes artistiques de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1902); Lettres sur le préjudice qu'occasionneraient aux arts et à la science le déplacement des monuments de l'art de l'Italie [by Quatremère de Quincy] (1796).
Summary Note
No publication-date is given, but the text refers to pictures being recalled to Bologna in 1818.
The document is one of the records of Napoleon's policy of expropriating from Italy such antiquities and works of art as he considered prestigious enough to be displayed in Paris as the capital city of his empire. Among the strongest opponents of this policy was the French scholar Quatremère de Quincy.
Copy Note
On the last, blank leaf there is a thirteen-line annotation in ink in Italian.
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Quadri Restituiti A Bologna Da' Francesi.' and 'R.A.'
Works of art - Masterpiece - Paintings - Italy - Emilia Romagna - Bologna - History
Collections - Italy - Emilia Romagna - Bologna - 18th century - 19th century
French - Cultural property - Ownership - Pillage - Booty (international law) - Art thefts - Italy - Emilia Romagna - Bologna - History - 18th century - 19th century
Art history - Italy - 19th century