Ancient Sculptures in the Royal Museum
The Eighteenth-Century Collection in Stockholm Vol. I

By Anne-Marie Leander Touati and Magnus Olausson
December 1998
Paul Åströms Förlag
ISBN: 91-7042-159-5
219 pages
$107.00 paper original


Contents include: The History of Collecting; The Main Sources for the Collection; The Collector: Gustav III and His Entourage; The Middlemen: Antiquarians, Art Agents, Dealers, and Restorers; The Museum; The Sculptures: Quality, Roman Character, and 18th Century Condition. Color and black and white plates.

Archaeology; Fine Arts
Acta Instituti Romani Regni Sueciae, Series in 4°

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