After the death of Charles I of England, Parliament put up his entire art collection of more than 1500 pieces for auction, thus setting off an arms race of sorts among various powerful members of the European royalty and nobility to see who could acquire the greatest number of masterpieces. In this study, based on the lectures he gave for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies at the National Gallery, Jonathan Brown describes the extraordinary collection that Philip IV of Spain amassed as a result of this fire sale, as well as the collecting habits of individuals such as Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and Cardinal Richelieu of France. Después de la muerte de Carlos I de Inglaterra, el parlamento de este país sacaron a subasta su colección artística entera de más de 1500 piezas, ocasionando una competencia entre varios miembros poderosos de la realeza y nobleza europeas para ver quién se podía hacer con la mayor parte de las obras maestras. En este estudio, basado en las prestigiosas Conferencia Mellon pronunciadas por el autor en el National Gallery, Jonathan Brown describe la colección extraordinaria que amasó Felipe IV de España como resultado de la liquidación, así como los hábitos coleccionistas de personajes como el archiduque Leopoldo Guillermo de Austria y el Cardinal Richelieu de Francia.
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