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Collections and Collectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Raoul Ergmann

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Among all the possible choices of “objects” for collection, that of works of art is the richest in meaning. In this paper we propose to discover if this ages-old activity may be understood as a historical phenomenon or only interpreted as one of the expressions man may give of his relationship with the universe of artistic works.

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 32 , Issue 128 , December 1984 , pp. 54 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

References

1 We give only a few examples from the list of intermediaries, merchants and bargain hunters: Grimm and Diderot for Catherine of Russia; Luigi Crespi, son of the artist Giuseppe Maria, who mediated in the purchases of the Elector of Saxe and Cardinal Corsini; Bottari, librarian for the same prelate, procured drawings for Mariette.

2 This characteristic is found again in the 18th century, in Bonnier de la Mosson, for example.

3 The collection of engravings, the search for complete series bearing the succes sive "states" of printing are a limited case here.

4 We do not forget that there are more secret collectors, jealous of their treasures but in my opinion they are not characteristic.

5 "It is He who must become greater while it is I who must efface myself."