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):
name - unique identifier of paintingsale - code for sale (dealer initial + year of sale)lot - lot number in the catalogueposition - 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 saleorigin_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 1ssubject - short description of subject matterauthorstandard - 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 introductionauthor - name of artist (not standardized)winningbidder - name of winning bidderwinningbiddertype - 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 inchesWidth_in - width of painting in inchesSurface_rect - surface of rectangular painting in squared inchesDiam_in - diameter of painting in inchesSurface_rnd - surface of round paintingShape - shape of paintingSurface - surface of painting in squared inchesmaterial - 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)quantity - countnfigures - number of figures (if specified)engraved - if the dealer mentions engravings done after the paintingoriginal - if the original’s whereabouts is mentioned (when painting is a copy)prevcoll - if the previous owner is mentionedothartist - if the painting is linked to the work of another artist or stylepaired - if the painting is sold or suggested as a pairing for anotherfigures - if the number of figures included is emphasizedfinished - if the painting is noted for its highly polished finishinglrgfont - if the dealer devotes an additional paragraph (always written in a larger font size)relig - if description mentions a religious subject matterlandsALL - if any type of landscape is mentioned (either lands_sc, lands_figs, or lands_ment)lands_sc - if described as a plain landscapelands_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 landscapelands_ment - if landscape is mentioned in the descriptionarch - if architectural constructions are mentioned in the descriptionmytho - if a mythological scene is mentionedpeasant - if description mentions peasants messing aroundothgenre - 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 portraitstill_life - if description indicates still life elementsdiscauth - if the dealer engages with the authenticity of the paintinghistory - if description includes elements of history paintingallegory - if allegorical scene is mentionedpastorale - if “pastorale” is used in the descriptionother - represents any other subject matter not captured by the previous variables