Papers by silvia davoli
Journal of the history of collections, Jun 27, 2024
Journal of The History of Collections, Feb 24, 2022
This article reassesses the collecting activities of Herbert Stern (1851-1919), 1st Baron Michelh... more This article reassesses the collecting activities of Herbert Stern (1851-1919), 1st Baron Michelham, and his wife, Geraldine (1882-1927), at the start of the twentieth century, when their lives were lived partly in France and partly in Britain. The first section provides a general overview of the Stern family and their social, cultural and philanthropic activities, which were comparable in scope and range with those of other German-Jewish families established in the United Kingdom at the time. The later sections outline their progressive detachment from this model in favour of a decidedly cosmopolitan direction, a transformation initiated by Lord and Lady Michelham and completed with the assistance of the Jewish art dealer Joseph Duveen.
Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill, an exhibition at the eponymous House and Gardens in Twickenham... more Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill, an exhibition at the eponymous House and Gardens in Twickenham, poses a conundrum. It offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for enthusiasts of eighteenth-century culture, and therefore can be recommended with enthusiasm. But it also has significant presentational problems which make the displays and their contexts less than fully comprehensible to visitors. Like few other exhibitions I have seen, Lost Treasures manages to be both fascinating and frustrating.
Journal of The History of Collections, Sep 10, 2015
La recherche effectuee dans ma these m’a permis d’analyser d’une facon detaillee les fondements d... more La recherche effectuee dans ma these m’a permis d’analyser d’une facon detaillee les fondements de la formation culturelle d’Henri Cernuschi tant en Italie qu’en France entre les annees 1840 et les annees 1890. Revolutionnaire a Milan et a Rome, banquier a Paris, collectionneur d'œuvres d'art et voyageur en Asie, Cernuschi a concu en 1873, dans son hotel particulier d'avenue Velasquez a paris, un essai museographique qui visait a comparer les formes et les styles de la production artistique asiatique collectee pendant son voyage, avec celles de la production artistique occidentale representee par les objets archeologiques et les tableaux provenant de la collection Cavaleri acquise a Milan. Les choix artistiques de Cernuschi furent influences par la pensee des deux philosophes milanais Carlo Cattaneo (1801-1869), fondateur entre autres de l'anthropologie culturelle italienne, et Giuseppe Ferrari (1811-1876). Quelques thematiques etudiees par les deux penseurs – par ex...
Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill, an exhibition at the eponymous House and Gardens in Twickenham... more Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill, an exhibition at the eponymous House and Gardens in Twickenham, poses a conundrum. It offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for enthusiasts of eighteenth-century culture, and therefore can be recommended with enthusiasm. But it also has significant presentational problems which make the displays and their contexts less than fully comprehensible to visitors. Like few other exhibitions I have seen, Lost Treasures manages to be both fascinating and frustrating.
Journal of the History of Collections, 2013
The purpose of this article is to investigate the collection of Italian Renaissance art sold by t... more The purpose of this article is to investigate the collection of Italian Renaissance art sold by the Vicomte Both de Tauzia to Richard Wallace in 1872, and to reconstruct as far as possible the artistic and historical background against which this collection took shape. Both de Tauzia, a curator at the Louvre during the French Second Empire, has thus far remained relatively unknown. Between 1867 and 1881, he travelled to Italy, where he purchased a number of valuable art works for the museum. These visits also provided opportunities for Tauzia to purchase works of art for his own collection. New archival documents essential to the understanding of the nature and provenance of works in the collection are presented here, together with information regarding his activities as an agent of the Louvre in Italy.
Journal of the History of Collections, 2015
Conference Presentations by silvia davoli
Este encuentro se centrará en las numerosas iniciativas y mecanismos a través de los cuales el co... more Este encuentro se centrará en las numerosas iniciativas y mecanismos a través de los cuales el coleccionismo particular de la nobleza y de la burguesía se hizo visible a lo largo de casi tres siglos. Desde diferentes puntos de vista, se analizan algunas de las prácticas más habituales de este proceso, así como determinados casos concretos en relación con los museos e instituciones públicas, las transferencias culturales, la resignificación de las colecciones y las nuevas formas de sociabilidad que se fueron sucediendo desde mediados del siglo XVIII hasta el primer tercio del siglo XX.
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