Double Agents
Cultural and Political Brokerage in Early Modern Europe
Biographical note
Marika Keblusek, Ph.D. (1997) in Book History, Leiden University, is Assistant Professor in Art History at Leiden University. She has published widely on book history and cultural history including Your Humble Servant. Agents in Early Modern Europe (2006).
Badeloch Vera Noldus, Ph.D. (2002) in Architectural History, Utrecht University, is heritage consultant in Copenhagen. She has published on cultural exchange and art history, including Trade in Good Taste (2004), Your Humble Servant (2006) and Pieter Isaacsz (2007).
Badeloch Vera Noldus, Ph.D. (2002) in Architectural History, Utrecht University, is heritage consultant in Copenhagen. She has published on cultural exchange and art history, including Trade in Good Taste (2004), Your Humble Servant (2006) and Pieter Isaacsz (2007).
Readership
All those interested in early modern history, the history of (informal) diplomacy, the history of cultural transfer, the history of collecting; art history of the early modern period; intellectual history.
Table of contents
Introduction
Marika Keblusek
Chapter 1
The embassy of art. Diplomats as cultural brokers
Marika Keblusek
Chapter 2
Art and patronage. Sir Henry Wotton and the Venetian embassy 1604-1624
Robert Hill
Chapter 3
Early modern contact between Holland and Hungary. Pieter Cornelisz Brederode, diplomat and scholar
Kees Teszelszky
Chapter 4
Thomas Kirk
Giovanni Andrea Doria. Citizen of Genoa, Prince of Melfi, agent of King Philip II ofSpain
Chapter 5
Politics and letters. Gisbert Cuper as a servant of two Republics
Bianca Chen
Chapter 6
The Italian jesuit Martino Martin in China and his contacts with the Amsterdam printer Joan Blaeu
Paul Begheyn SJ
Chapter 7
Mercator sapiens. Merchants as cultural entrepeneurs
Marika Keblusek
Chapter 8
Acquiring artistic expertise. The agent Daniel Nijs and his contacts with artists in Venice
Maartje van Gelder
Chapter 9
García de Yllán. A merchant in silver, bread and bullets and a broker in art, 1591-1655
Maurits A. Ebben
Chapter 10
The pretext of painting. Artists as cultural and political agents
Marika Keblusek
Chapter 11
A spider in its web. Agent and artist Michel le Blon and his Northern European network
Badeloch Noldus
Chapter 12
John Dowland’s employment at the royal Danish court. Musician, agent – and spy?
Peter Hauge
Chapter 13
Travels of a court jester. Gonzalo de Liaño, art agent at the court of King Philipp II of Spain
Susanna Kubersky-Piredda & Salvador Salort Pons
Chapter 14
‘From Russia with love’. Agents and their victims
Martin Dönike
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Personal Names
Index of Places
Marika Keblusek
Chapter 1
The embassy of art. Diplomats as cultural brokers
Marika Keblusek
Chapter 2
Art and patronage. Sir Henry Wotton and the Venetian embassy 1604-1624
Robert Hill
Chapter 3
Early modern contact between Holland and Hungary. Pieter Cornelisz Brederode, diplomat and scholar
Kees Teszelszky
Chapter 4
Thomas Kirk
Giovanni Andrea Doria. Citizen of Genoa, Prince of Melfi, agent of King Philip II ofSpain
Chapter 5
Politics and letters. Gisbert Cuper as a servant of two Republics
Bianca Chen
Chapter 6
The Italian jesuit Martino Martin in China and his contacts with the Amsterdam printer Joan Blaeu
Paul Begheyn SJ
Chapter 7
Mercator sapiens. Merchants as cultural entrepeneurs
Marika Keblusek
Chapter 8
Acquiring artistic expertise. The agent Daniel Nijs and his contacts with artists in Venice
Maartje van Gelder
Chapter 9
García de Yllán. A merchant in silver, bread and bullets and a broker in art, 1591-1655
Maurits A. Ebben
Chapter 10
The pretext of painting. Artists as cultural and political agents
Marika Keblusek
Chapter 11
A spider in its web. Agent and artist Michel le Blon and his Northern European network
Badeloch Noldus
Chapter 12
John Dowland’s employment at the royal Danish court. Musician, agent – and spy?
Peter Hauge
Chapter 13
Travels of a court jester. Gonzalo de Liaño, art agent at the court of King Philipp II of Spain
Susanna Kubersky-Piredda & Salvador Salort Pons
Chapter 14
‘From Russia with love’. Agents and their victims
Martin Dönike
Bibliography
Contributors
Index of Personal Names
Index of Places
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