Missing Masterpieces

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This groundbreaking story of the fate of missing masterpieces presents detailed case histories of great works of art that have simply vanished. The fate of the masterpieces discussed in this compelling book remains a mystery. Everyone knows Michelangelo’s marble David; but what happened to the famous bronze of the same subject, which was last heard of at a château in France, after its aristocratic owner was sent to the guillotine? And what of David’s Lepeletier on his death-bed, pendant to his famous Death of Marat? Nineteenth-century gossip suggested that it was burnt by Lepeletier’s devoted daughter, but if so, how could it have been passed on in a disputed will? The story of these works and many more are traced in minute detail, bringing to life some of the most avid art collectors of all time, from the famous to the hitherto obscure. Engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, Missing Masterpieces is a milestone in the history of collecting – and losing – great works of art.

AUTHOR:
Gert-Rudolf Flick is a collector of Old Master paintings, and was formerly the proprietor of Apollo art magazine.

SELLING POINTS:

The first major study of lost masterpieces ever published

Deals with the question ‘Where is this?’ rather than the more usual ‘What is this?’

As engagingly written as a collection of detective stories, and profusely illustrated

194 colour illustrations

ISBN: 9781858941974
Author: FLICK GERT-RUDOLF
Format: Hardcover
RRP: $130.00
Pages: 352
Dimension: 286mm X 241mm