West-östlich diplomacy and connoisseurship in the late Habsburg Empire: Baron Albert Eperjesy and his dispersed collection of Persian art

The purpose of this essay is threefold. Firstly, it attempts to introduce the diplomatic and collecting careers of the Austro-Hungarian diplomat Baron Albert Eperjesy (1848–1916), who was the highest representative of his country in numerous European capitals and –between 1895 and 1901– Tehran. Seco...

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Main Author: Iván Szántó
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/szanto.pdf