Renaissance Treasures from the Edmond Foulc Collection

**A celebration of the exceptional collection of Renaissance art assembled by Edmond Foulc and its purchase by the Philadelphia Museum of Art** In 1930, the Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired the collection of medieval and Renaissance sculpture and decorative arts assembled by Edmond Foulc (1828-1916). Foulc's beautiful Paris residence was an important gathering place for like-minded art enthusiasts and collectors such as Frédéric Spitzer, Alexander Basilewsky, and Émile Gavet, and this book explores his collecting practice in context as well as the museum's efforts to secure these treasures for its new building. An extended essay on the collection's highlights includes discussions of famous works such as the choir screen from the Château de Pagny, an enamel triptych by the Master of the Large Foreheads, the *Virgin and Child* by Desiderio da Settignano, and *Adoration of the Christ Child* by Luca della Robbia, in addition to magnificent examples of cutlery, metalwork, and furniture.

Distributed for the Philadelphia Museum of Art