Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction : double agents in early modern Europe ; The embassy of art : diplomats as cultural brokers / Marika Keblusek Introduction : double agents in early modern Europe / Marika Keblusek Art and patronage : Sir Henry Wotton and the Venetian embassy, 1604-1624 / Robert Hill Giovanni Andrea Doria : citizen of Genoa, Prince of Melfi, agent of King Philip II of Spain / Thomas Kirk Politics and letters : Gisbert Cuper as a servant of two republics / Bianca Chen Mercator sapiens : merchants as cultural entrepreneurs / Marika Keblusek Acquiring artistic expertise : the agent Daniel Nijs and his contacts with artists in Venice / Maartje van Gelder García de Yllán : a merchant in silver, bread and bullets and a broker in art, 1591-1655 / Maurits A. Ebben The pretext of pictures : artists as cultural and political agents / Marika Keblusek A spider in its web : agent and artist Michel le Blon and his northern European network / Badeloch Vera Noldus John Dowland's employment at the royal Danish court : musician, agent -- and spy? / Peter Hauge Travels of a court jester : Gonzalo de Liaño, art agent at the court of King Philip II of Spain / Susanne Kubersky-Piredda and Salvador Salort Pons "From Russia with love" : agents and their victims / Martin Dönike. The embassy of art : diplomats as cultural brokers / Marika Keblusek Giovanni Andrea Doria : citizen of Genoa, prince of Melfi, agent of King Philip II of Spain / Thomas Kirk Garcia de Yllan : a merchant in silver, bread and bullets and a broker in art, 1591-1655 / Maurits A. Ebben Like a spider in its web : agent and artist Michel le Blon and his northern European network / |
