Lorenzo De'medici, Collector of Antiquities: Collector and Antiquarian

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
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/01/2005
Pages: 456
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.85lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780521452458

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