Connecting art markets : : Guilliam Forchondt's dealership in Antwerp (c. 1632-78) and the overseas paintings trade / / by Sandra van Ginhoven.

• Superior document: Studies in the history of collecting & art markets ; v. 1
• Author: Ginhoven, Sandra van.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (298 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--Duke University, 2015) under the title: Role of the Antwerp painter-dealer Guilliam Forchondt in the large-scale distribution of new imagery in Europe and the Americas during the seventeenth century.

Based on Guilliam Forchondt’s surviving business documentation in Antwerp and applying an aggregate and data-driven approach, Connecting Art Markets focuses on the role of art dealers in mediating the supply and demand for art, behaving in particular ways as to influence the markets for artworks in which they were strategically invested. Van Ginhoven presents her findings on Guilliam Forchondt’s workshop production volumes and transatlantic art trade flows, and evaluates the relationship between the production of paintings in the Southern Netherlands, their local, regional and overseas distribution channels, and the markets for these works in Europe and the Americas during the seventeenth century.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Art Dealers as Cultural Agents: The Case of Guilliam Forchondt -- 2 The Southern Netherlands Factor in the Transatlantic Paintings Trade -- 3 The Forchondt Business Model -- 4 Marketing Paintings through their Characteristics -- 5 The Long-Distance Commercial Network with Spain and the Americas -- 6 Dealer Behavior in Spain and the Americas -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.