Helen Rosslyn reveals the influence of the 17th-century British pioneer collectors such as Thomas Howard and how the Whitehall Group brought a taste for the Baroque.
Helen Rosslyn focuses on the 18th century, the Grand Tour era when aristocrats filled their Palladian villas with masterpieces by 17th-century classical painters.
How collecting reached its maturity in the 19th century when the booming economy encouraged philanthropic industrialists to spend their fortunes on art.
