Descriptive Catalogue Of A Collection Of Byzantine, Early Italian, German, And Flemish Pictures, Belonging To His Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., Etc., Etc., Etc. By Dr. G.F. Waagen.

Gustav Friedrich Waagen

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/2660

Author

Imprint

London,: 1854.

Physical Description

[2], 48, [2] p.; 219 mm. (Octavo.)

Contents

[T.p.] - [Text]; [colophon] - Addenda.

Responsibility Note

The printers' names are given on the verso of the title page and in the colophon: 'London: Printed By Woodfall And Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street.'

References

R. Rhodes James, Albert, Prince Consort (1983); H. Hobhouse, Prince Albert (1983); W. Ames, Prince Albert and Victorian taste (1967); F. Davis, Victorian patrons of the arts (1963).

Summary Note

Prince Albert's collection included a Crucifixion by Duccio and an 'Apollo and Diana' by Lucas Cranach. He also bought paintings and sculptures by contemporary British artists. Some of his purchases remain in the British Royal Collection, others hang in the National Gallery, London.

Reproductions

A copy of this book from the Getty Research Institute has been digitised and made available online via the Hathi Trust.

Provenance

Purchased for RA Library in 1877 (see RA Annual Report for 1877, p. 46).

Binding Note

19th-century half green morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Catalogue Of Pictures H.R.H. Prince Albert' and 'R.A.'

Name as Subject

Subject

Paintings, European - Europe - History
Collections - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Catalogues - Great Britain - 19th century

Contributors