Title: Trade in artists' materials : markets and commerce in Europe to 1700 /
Authors: Kirby, Jo.; Nash, Susie.; Cannon, Joanna.; Cannon, Joanna, 1951-; National Gallery (Great Britain); Courtauld Institute of Art
Publisher: Archetype Publications,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Artists' materials industry Europe History Congresses.; Europe Commerce History Congresses.
Abstract: 'Trade in Artists' Materials' provides an interdisciplinary enquiry into artists' materials in Europe until 1700.
Contents: Moving goods by sea and by land -- Couleurs for the norther courts -- Parchment, pigments and ink -- The market in Italy: inventories and the Vendecolori -- Fairs and pharmacies in sixteenth-century Germany -- Commerce in London and Antwerp in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Production and problems: some case studies.