Lorenzo de'Medici, Collector of Antiquities (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521452458)

Lorenzo de'Medici was a passionate collector of objects from antiquity and the post-antiquity period as well as an important patron of the arts in fifteenth-century Florence. His activities as a collector are documented in a group of 173 previously unknown letters included in this volume. As revealed in these letters, Lorenzo had a preference for small objects: coins, hardstone vases, and gems. This book reveals how such objects were studied, displayed, selected and valued by de'Medici and other collectors during this period.

Author: Laurie Fusco,Gino Corti
ISBN-10: 0521452457
ISBN-13: 9780521452458
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2006
Pages: 446
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.85lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.70w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 257
Choice 11/01/2006 pg. 472