Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection

Jerry Brotton's book "The Sale of the Late King's Goods" explores the formation and dispersal of King Charles I's art collection during the English Civil Wars and Commonwealth. It recreates the extraordinary circumstances of the sale, where ordinary working people were able to handle and own works by the great masters. It also examines the relationship between art and power and reveals how the current Royal Collection emerged from this turbulent period.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 464 pages
\n Publication date: 14 December 2017
\n Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris, and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton's colourful and critically acclaimed book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods, explores the formation and dispersal of King Charles I's art collection. Following a remarkable and unprecedented Parliamentary Act for 'The sale of the late kings goods, Cromwell's republican regime sold off nearly 2,000 paintings, tapestries, statues, and drawings in an attempt to settle the dead king's enormous debts and raise money for the Commonwealth's military forces.

Brotton recreates the extraordinary circumstances of this sale, in which for the first time ordinary working people were able to handle and own works by the great masters. He also examines the abiding relationship between art and power, revealing how the current Royal Collection emerged from this turbulent period, and paints its own vivid and dramatic picture of one of the greatest lost collections in English history.

\n Weight: 372g\n
Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781509865277\n \n