A Rothschild Renaissance: The Waddesdon Bequest

by Dora Thornton

A beautiful and sumptuously illustrated book presenting the highlights of Renaissance court treasures
This book presents and explores the Waddesdon Bequest, the name given to the Kunstkammer or cabinet collection of Renaissance treasures which was bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, MP in 1898. The Bequest is named after Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, a fairy tale French chateau built by Baron Ferdinand from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714123455
• ISBN13: 9780714123455
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 352 Pages