These data were collected by Hilary Coe Cronheim and Sandra van Ginhoven (Duke Art, Art History & Visual Studies PhD students) as part of the Data Expeditions project sponsored by iiD.
This data frame contains the following variables (columns):
sale - code for sale (dealer initial + year of sale)
lot - lot number in the catalogue
position - position of lot in the catalogue (as %, to control for size of sale)
dealer - dealer initials (4 unique dealers: J, L, P, R)
year - year of sale
origin_author - origin of painting based on nationality of artist (A = Austrian, D/FL = Dutch/Flemish, F = French, G = German, I = Italian, S = Spanish, X = Unknown)
origin_cat - origin of painting based on dealers’ classification in the catalogue (D/FL = Dutch/Flemish, F = French, I = Italian, O = Other, S = Spanish)
school_pntg - school of painting (A = Austrian, D/FL = Dutch/Flemish, F = French, G = German, I = Italian, S = Spanish, X = Unknown)
diff_origin - if origin_author is different than origin_cat (0/1)
logprice - log of price fetched at auction (sales price in livres)
price - price fetched at auction (sales price in livres)
count - count, all 1s
subject - short description of subject matter
authorstandard - name of artist (standardized)
artistliving - if artist is living or deceased at time of the sale (1 = yes, 0 = no)
authorstyle - indicates how, if at all, the authors name is introduced, e.g. school of, copy after, in the manner of etc. or n/a if there is no introduction
author - name of artist (not standardized)
winningbidder - name of winning bidder
winningbiddertype - type of winning bidder (B = buyer, BB = buyer on behalf of buyer, BC = buyer on behalf of collector, C = collector, D = dealer, DB = dealer on behalf of buyer, DC = dealer on behalf of collector, DD = dealer on behalf of dealer, E = expert organizing the sale, EB = expert on behalf of buyer, EBC = expert on behalf of buyer on behalf of collector, EC = expert on behalf of collector, ED = expert on behalf of dealer, X = identity unknown; blank = no information)
endbuyer - type of end buyer (B = buyer, C = collector, D = dealer, E = expert organizing the sale, X = identity unknown; blank = no information)
interm - whether or not an intermediary is involved in the transaction (1 = yes, 0 = no)
type_intermed - type of intermediary (B = buyer, D = dealer, E = expert)
Height_in - height of painting in inches
Width_in - width of painting in inches
Surface_rect - surface of rectangular painting in squared inches
Diam_in - diameter of painting in inches
Surface_rnd - surface of round painting
Shape - shape of painting
Surface - surface of painting in squared inches
material - material of support (canvas, wood, copper, etc.)
mat - category of material (a=silver, al=alabaster, ar=slate, b=wood, bc=wood and copper, br=bronze frames, bt=canvas on wood, c=copper, ca=cardboard, co=cloth, e=wax, g=grissaille technique, h=oil technique, m=marble, mi=miniature technique, o=other, p=paper, pa=pastel, t=canvas, ta=canvas?, v=glass, n/a=NA, (blanks)=NA)
nfigures - number of figures (if specified)
engraved - if the dealer mentions engravings done after the painting
original - if the original’s whereabouts is mentioned (when painting is a copy)
prevcoll - if the previous owner is mentioned
othartist - if the painting is linked to the work of another artist or style
paired - if the painting is sold or suggested as a pairing for another
figures - if the number of figures included is emphasized
finished - if the painting is noted for its highly polished finishing
lrgfont - if the dealer devotes an additional paragraph (always written in a larger font size)
relig - if description mentions a religious subject matter
landsALL - if any type of landscape is mentioned (either lands_sc, lands_figs, or lands_ment)
lands_sc - if described as a plain landscape
lands_elem - if landscape elements are mentioned in the description (if lands_figs=1 or lands_ment=1)
lands_figs - if description mentions figures in a landscape
lands_ment - if landscape is mentioned in the description
arch - if architectural constructions are mentioned in the description
mytho - if a mythological scene is mentioned
peasant - if description mentions peasants messing around
othgenre - if description mentions a genre scene (different than a peasant scene)
singlefig - if description mentions a single figure (different than a portrait)
portrait - if described as a portrait
still_life - if description indicates still life elements
discauth - if the dealer engages with the authenticity of the painting
history - if description includes elements of history painting
allegory - if allegorical scene is mentioned
pastorale - if “pastorale” is used in the description
other - represents any other subject matter not captured by the previous variables