Henry Walters and Bernard Berenson : collector and connoisseur / Stanley Mazaroff ; foreword by William R. Johnston.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mazaroff, Stanley
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Walters, Henry, > 1848-1931.
Berenson, Bernard, > 1865-1959.
Art > Collectors and collecting > United States > Biography.
Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xv, 212 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Berenson's mission
  • Walters's cultivation
  • One copy on top of another
  • The Massarenti collection
  • A remarkable acquisition
  • The sacrifice of candor for acclaim
  • The Walters-Berenson contract
  • The paintings Berenson sold to Walters
  • Berenson's Faustian bargain with Duveen
  • The judgment of Berenson
  • The unfinished catalogue
  • A museum in repose
  • The line between fact and fiction
  • Faded memories
  • Afterword
  • Appendixes
  • Selected correspondence between Walters and Berenson
  • Lists of paintings.