The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: March 22, 2007 | Copyright information

The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection. Jerry Brotton. Macmillan. [pounds sterling]25.00. xii + 436 pages. ISBN 1-4050-4152-8. If one leaves the collapse of Parliamentary Government aside, one of the worst aspects of the Monarchy's fall was the dispersal of Charles I's magnificent art collection by the Puritan rebels. Just under two-thirds of this book are concerned with how and what the King collected. He was a 'voracious' collector in an era when a sovereign's position was defined in part by the art he amassed. The King, 'a great collector, but not ...

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