From Olschki: Paolo Coen’s Il mercato dei quadri a Roma nel diciottesimo secolo: la domanda, l’offerta e la circolazione delle opere in un grande centro artistico europeo
The binomial art-money, nowadays even obvious, existed in the past as well, although through partially different forms and mechanisms. Traditionally one of the centres of the pictorial market was Rome, favourite destination of artists and travellers coming from every part of the globe. The book reconstructs this complex phenomenon by identifying a key moment in the eighteenth century when the city, also on the wake of the Grand Tour, sees its influence increasing within European artistic systems. (…more at Olschki website…)