5 April 2016
Each painter had to secure a place professionally and make a living, which would have been no small matter. In what kind of paintings should he specialise? How could he distinguish his works from those of his colleagues and find buyers? How did he acquire a reputation, and how much were clients willing to pay? These pressing questions are also the leading questions of this study, which examines the depiction of history paintings across the entire range of production, from expensive high-quality works to cheap pictures.