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Hungary's Heritage princely treasures from Esterhàzy Collection

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Autore/i	Andres Ubeda De Los Cobos and Andras Szilagyi
Editore	Paul Holberton Publishing	Luogo	London
Anno	2005	Pagine	200
Dimensioni	24x29 (cm)	Illustrazioni	ill. a colori e b/n n.t. - colors and b/w ills
Legatura	bross. ill. a colori - paperback	Conservazione	Usato ottime condizioni - used very good
Lingua	Inglese - English text	Peso	2100 (gr)
ISBN	1903470250	EAN-13	9781903470251

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This book presents magnificent artifacts collected by an aristocratic family of fabulous wealth. It shows goldsmiths' work and jewelry of extraordinary quality, dating from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries. These include some of the finest creations of their time by artists such as Hans Petzolt of Nuremberg and Augsburg's Drentwett family, as well as other renowned German and Hungarian goldsmiths of the Mannerist and Baroque era. There are also objects from the nineteenth century illustrating the career of the international diplomat Pál Esterhazy.

The book explains the more important phases in the evolution and growth of this outstanding collection. The Esterhazy treasures, as well as the Esterhazy family themselves, have an extraordinary history, including tragic losses and damage through bombing in 1945. Since then, many of the damaged pieces have been brought back to life after years of meticulous restoration.
Many pieces in the Esterhazy collection and the Esterhazys themselves are inextricably linked at numerous points to many important developments in the political and diplomatic history of Europe. No other book in English documents this unique collection.

Andras Szilagyi is a research associate at the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, where most of these treasures are now housed.