Microstructures of global trade Porcelain acquisitions through private networks for Augustus the Strong U2 | Microstructures of global trade Microstructures of global trade Porcelain acquisitions through private networks for Augustus the Strong Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung, Ruth Sonja Simonis IMPRESSUM This publication by the Porzellansammlung results from the research project “Microstructures of Global Trade. The East Asian Porcelain in the Collection of August the Strong in the Context of the Inventories from the 18th Century“, sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Editor Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung, Ruth Sonja Simonis PSF 120 551, 01006 Dresden, Tel.: (0351) 4914 2000 E-mail:
[email protected] www.skd.museum Author Ruth Sonja Simonis Copy editors Mark Poysden, Stefan Osadzinski Transcriptions Sabine Wilde Graphic design, typesetting and repro Yasmin Karim www.yasminkarim.de Published at arthistoricum.net, Heidelberg University Library 2020. Cover illustration: Augustus II the Strong by Louis de Silvestre, 1718. Oil on canvas, H. 252.2 cm, W. 171.7 cm. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Gal.-Nr. 3943, photo: Jürgen Karpinski. Text © 2020, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the author. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliographie; detailed bibliographic information can be found on the Internet website: http://dnb.dnb.de. This book and its cover are published under the Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. The electronic open access version of this work is permanently available on https://www.arthistoricum.net URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-ahn-artbook-499-0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.499 ISBN: 978-3-947449-64-4 (Softcover) ISBN: 978-3-947449-63-7 (PDF) ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruth Sonja Simonis studied Japanese Studies and East Asian Art History at Freie Universität Berlin.