Smuggling the Renaissance : The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Prologue: A Dealer's Problem with the Government -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 From Rome to Berlin: The Illicit Export of the Bust of the Princess of Urbino -- 1.1 The Bust of the Princess of Urbino -- 1.2 Acquisition -- 1.3 Illicit Exportation -- 1.4 Investigation and Trial -- Chapter 2 The Buying Collector: Wilhelm Bode and the Demand for Italian Renaissance Art -- 2.1 Why the Art of the Italian Renaissance? -- 2.2 A Renaissance Beauty at All Costs -- 2.3 The Big Players -- 2.4 Meraviglie -- Chapter 3 The Enquiring Inspector: Giuseppe Fiorelli and the Lacuna in Italian Art Export Law -- 3.1 Unenviable Status Quo -- 3.2 What Happens When a Raphael Is Taken Away? -- 3.3 Bereft and Grieving -- 3.4 Difficult Pathway to Success -- Chapter 4 The Smuggling Dealer: Stefano Bardini and the Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy -- 4.1 Legal Matters -- 4.2 The Business of Exporting Art -- 4.3 There Is Always a Way -- 4.4 Italian Combat -- Chapter 5 The Foreign Strawman: Albert Figdor and the Role of Social Networks in Art Smuggling -- 5.1 How Does a Social Network in Collecting Work? -- 5.2 With a Little Help from My Friends -- 5.3 Looking for a Loophole Together -- 5.4 Everybody Does It -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: A Government's Problem with Dealers -- Appendix Selected Transcriptions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909 offers an account of the dynamics and protagonists of the Post-Unification art spoliation crisis in Italy, focusing on the intertwinement of the art trade, scholarship and protection policies.

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