John Smith (1781–1855) was a 19th-century British art dealer who developed the concept of the catalogue raisonné.
John Smith | |
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| Born | 1781 |
| Died | 1855 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Smith was born in London. He began dealing in art as a framemaker, specializing in wood-carving and gilding.[1] He became an art dealer and art consultant known for his "reasoned catalog" of painters that he wrote in 8 volumes and sold by subscription to his art clients during the years 1829 to 1837, and to which he added a 9th volume as a supplement in 1842.
Sources edit
- Volume 1 (1829): Gerard Dou, Pieter van Slingelant, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Willem van Mieris, Adriaen van Ostade, Isaac van Ostade, Philips Wouwerman[2]
- Volume 2 (1830): Peter Paul Rubens[3]
- Volume 3 (1831): Anthony van Dyck, David Teniers the Younger[4]
- Volume 4 (1833): Jan Steen, Gerard ter Borch, Eglon van der Neer, Pieter de Hooch, Gonzales Coques, Gabriel Metsu, Caspar Netscher, Adriaen van der Werff, Nicolaes Maes, Godfried Schalcken[5]
- Volume 5 (1834): Nicolaes Berchem, Paulus Potter, Adriaen van de Velde, Karel Dujardin, Aelbert Cuyp, Jan van der Heyden[6]
- Volume 6 (1835): Jacob van Ruysdael, Meindert Hobbema, Jan Both, Andries Both, Jan Wynants, Adam Pynacker, Jan Hackaert, Willem van de Velde, Ludolf Bakhuizen, Jan van Huysum, Rachel Ruysch[7]
- Volume 7 (1836): Rembrandt[8]
- Volume 8 (1837): Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Jean-Baptiste Greuze[9]
- Volume 9 – Supplement (1842): Includes corrections to the preceding volumes and new additions[10]
Smith died in Hanwell. His work was carried on and expanded by Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, who published a new update to his catalogue in German starting in 1907, that was later expanded and translated into English by Edward G. Hawke, along with a concordance of catalog numbers.
References edit
- ^ Review of book about Smith on CODART
- ^ Volume 1 on archive.org
- ^ Volume 2 on archive.org
- ^ Volume 3 on archive.org
- ^ Volume 4 on archive.org
- ^ Volume 5 on archive.org
- ^ Volume 6 on archive.org
- ^ Volume 7 on archive.org
- ^ Volume 8 on archive.org
- ^ Volume 9: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters : in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures; a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference to the galleries and private collections, in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools, by "Smith, John, dealer in pictures" on archive.org
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