Khalil-Bey
Subtitle: un homme, une collection
By: Michèle Haddad.
Contributors: Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872.; Hôtel Drouot.
Series: Regard sur l'art
Publisher: Amateur
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Khallil-Bey, b. 1831.; Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Biography of Khalil-Bey, Turkish diplomat and art collector, whose significant collection was auctioned off in 1868 when he returned to Turkey. Commissioned a notorious work by Courbet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Includes auction catalog (p. [137-184]): Catalogue de la collection Khalil-Bey, Vente Hôtel Drouot, les 16, 17 et 18 janvier 1868, intróduction de Théophile Gautier.