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About Edward Solly
Edward Solly was an English merchant living in Berlin, who amassed an unprecedented collection of Italian Trecento and Quattrocento paintings and outstanding examples of Early Netherlandish painting, at a time when those schools were still largely unappreciated. In 1821, following negotiations by his associate Benjamin Wegner, Solly sold his collection of about 3000 works to the Prussian king; 677 of them formed a core of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Solly acquired a second collection during his years in London after 1821. Solly is also credited for having undertaken a
Everything about Edward Solly →- Occupation
- art collector, businessperson
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 25, 1776
- Died
- December 2, 1844