As trading vessels sailed into Amsterdam in the first half of the 18th century, an apothecary named Albertus Seba could often be seen scurrying to meet the ailing crews. Seba was strange. Most ...
Taschen 587 pages, $150. Before these were museums, in many palaces, estates and elegant city townhouses of nobles and wealthy merchants in 17th and 18th Century Europe there were cupboards and whole ...
The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...