An Imperial Collection: Women Artists

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J. Pomeroy, R. Blakesley, V. Matveyev, E. Renne. An Imperial Collection: Women Artists from the State Hermitage Museum. The authors have created scholarly biographical profiles of 15 women artists, more or less in chronological order, and explore the roles of women as patrons, painters, and subjects and their contributions to the cultural history of Russia. Throughout history, distinguished families formed serious art collections. They created artistic commissions that brought women artists to Russia and extended the influence of western European art to the royal court of the Tsars. This book, full of full page color images, will appeal to anyone interested in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women artists, the history of Russian patronage of the arts, and Russian imperial history and culture. Originally published to coincide with St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary.

London (Merrell): National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2003. 224 pages. Large format hardcover with dustjacket in a protective jacket cover. Used book in about fine condition, no ownership marks, mild edge wear, text like new. 1 copy available.