Andrew D. Washton Books on the Fine Arts411 East 83rd Street, New York, New York 10028 (914) 933 0479 [log in to unmask]" target=_blank>[log in to unmask] www.washtonbooks.com A collection of books and catalogues on: DUTCH AND FLEMISH PAINTINGS: PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: APPROXIMATELY 725 TITLES. Perhaps 30,000-50,000 paintings are listed; many thousands are illustrated.
I posted this a short while go but some of you may have been away for the Thanksgiving holiday and didn’t see it.
I have available, for purchase, a collection of aprox. 725 titles (some titles consist of more than one volume) of private owner collections of Dutch and Flemish 15th-18th century paintings. These consist of auction sale catalogues, exhibition catalogues, and catalogues privately published by the owners. Some are recent; many are from the 19th century. (The oldest title is an auction sale catalogue from Amsterdam, 1800, the Gildemeister Collection.) Quite a number are annotated with prices and buyers’ names. Most of these publications were produced in Germany, France, Holland, and Belgium. The majority are illustrated; many of the older volumes are illustrated with etchings and engravings; some are illustrated with original photographs. I would estimate that conservatively each title lists, at least, 40 works and some list many more, so that these catalogues describe, sometimes in great detail at least 29,000 paintings. I have no idea how many paintings are illustrated, but conservatively, many thousands, quite a number of which are untraceable, have been lost, destroyed, are still in private hands, etc. They range in size from unillustrated octavo volumes to heavy folios. The condition of most is very good or better. I note probably needlessly that most of these publications are quite scarce. It has taken the owner of this collection over 40 years to put this group together. With the internet it might not take 40 years to put this group together again, but it would still take a long time. Many of the older titles are not obtainable at all. A title list is available; it is arranged in alphabetical order, by collection name. I will be pleased to send this list as an attachment. I can also send a hard copy, if it is requested. N.b: This collection is being offered as a unit. Please write if you have an
interest in this material. Thank you. As art dealers are wont to say: price upon application.
But I will send the list to anyone who just wants to take a look at it.
Happy Holiday to everybody!
