Connecting Art Markets : Guilliam Forchondt's Dealership in Antwerp (C. 1632-78) and the Overseas Paintings Trade.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Art Dealers as Cultural Agents: The Case of Guilliam Forchondt -- 1.1 A Markets Approach to Early Modern European and Latin American Art -- 1.2 Art Dealers in Early Modern Art and Markets History -- Guilliam Forchondt as Case Study -- Chapter 2 The Southern Netherlands Factor in the Transatlantic Paintings Trade -- 2.1 Transatlantic Art Trade through Shipping Documents -- 2.2 The Transatlantic Journey and Traffic -- The Planning Stage -- The Transatlantic Journey -- Transatlantic Traffic during the Seventeenth Century -- Flemish Merchants in the American Trade -- 2.3 Transatlantic Art Trade Flows, 1630-80 -- Artworks in the Carrera de Indias -- 2.4 Selling Paintings from the Southern Netherlands in the New World -- Reactions in Mexico and Peru to the Competition -- Chapter 3 The Forchondt Business Model -- 3.1 Antwerp's Painting Industry and Guilliam Forchondt -- 3.2 The Forchondt Business -- Valuation and Scope of the Business -- Products, Processes and Profits -- 3.3 Market Dynamics and the Changing Structure of the Firm -- The Family Business -- Contracting and Subcontracting Arrangements -- Suppliers -- Agents and Buyers -- Chapter 4 Marketing Paintings through their Characteristics -- 4.1 Antwerp Art Production for Exports and Buyers' Preferences -- 4.2 Preferences for Paintings by Geographical Location -- The Southern Netherlands -- The Dutch Republic -- France -- Vienna and German Cities -- The Iberian Peninsula and the Americas -- Chapter 5 The Long-Distance Commercial Network with Spain and the Americas -- 5.1 Early Modern Commercial Networks in the Art Trade -- 5.2 Guilliam Forchondt's Commercial Network -- Scope and Scale of Forchondt's Commercial Relationships -- Shipping and Financial Intermediaries for the Iberian Peninsula.

Forchondt's Art Trade Network with Spain and the Americas -- Chapter 6 Dealer Behavior in Spain and the Americas -- 6.1 Flemish Paintings for the Iberian Peninsula and the New World -- 6.2 Production and Reproduction of Paintings -- 6.3 Dissemination of Multiple Originals and Adaptability of Visual Motifs -- 6.4 Painters, Dealers and the Market for Paintings in Seville, Cadiz, Mexico and Peru -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Unpublished Primary Sources -- Published Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.

Connecting Art Markets proposes that vertically-integrated art dealers operating on a large scale acted as cultural mediators, and offers an aggregate view that connects artistic and market developments at both sides of the Atlantic.

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