“A passion for Dutch Delftware, and 128 years of expertise

Aronson, the fifth-generation owner of the company, inherited his passion for his profession from his father but has given this old business a modern twist rarely seen in the antique business, with e-commerce (customers can buy objects directly from the gallery’s Web site); high-tech digital design, layout and printing of catalogues; and an environmentally conscious art-fair stand with LED lighting that drastically reduces electricity consumption.”

full article


March 14-15, 2009


“In case anyone still thinks of antique dealers as being quaint and old-fashioned, that image will be quickly dispelled by an encounter with Robert Aronson ... nothing old-fashioned about him, except perhaps his courtly manners.”

...full article and other critics here.

International Herald Tribune, March 8-9, 2008

 

Although this figure traditionally was referred to as a drinker or toasting man, the costume indicates that he is a character from the Commedia dell’Arte.


A different Italian Comedy actor by Van Gaal, standing and with a nodding head, is illustrated in Aronson 2003, p. 17, no. 15.


Polychrome Figure of a Singer

Delft, circa 1710-25





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New: podcast movies

We also have several movies about Black Dutch Delftware, the Drayton House flower vase, the Spielberg Hoppesteyn charger and the early Berchem plaque as podcast and also available on YouTube
. Click on podcast in the menu aove or go to the  movies page to see them as YouTube movies.


Also visit ‘Aronson Online’

The webshop with 17th and 18th century Dutch Delftware


Over the past several years we have noticed that there is a growing interest in
selecting fine antiques over the internet. Especially since we have such a large and varied stock, but tend to bring less of the reasonably priced object to the antiques shows, we decided to open an online extension of our gallery.


For the online shop, the same high standards apply as for our existing gallery. None of the objects you will find online were bought with an e-commerce website in mind; they are all part of the same inventory, only priced at the lower range of what we have to offer. Several online objects have even been illustrated in our publications.


Browse the webshop at shop.aronson.com and feel confident that you are looking at first class Dutch antique ceramics.


Aronson Concepts

Please also visit our sister company Aronson Concepts, the independent art services company, offering you individual and innovative solutions for almost every art-world-related problem you might have. Aronson Concepts offers high quality and highly cost-efficient all-in-one service, especially attractive for private collectors and small museums.

Aronson Concepts is part of the network of Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam, founded in 1881, and Aronson Publishers, developed in 2003, forming a strong and versatile triad in art and art-related services.

We offer you:
-Full realization of your art publication (book, folder or website)
-Identification and authenticity advice
-Research and appraisals
-Art insurance and legal advice
-Restoration and conservation
-Display concepts and stand construction
-Shipping, moving and warehousing of art works


Tussen Kunst & Kitsch


photo: Leendert Jansen (www.mediafoto.nl)


Robert Aronson, Director of Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam, has served on the expert panel of Tussen Kunst & Kitsch (The Antiques Road Show) since 2002.

 

Upcoming event:


TEFAF Maastricht

“Every true art lover should experience TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s most influential art and antiques fair. The Maastricht fair has become the art event of the year. A record number of 263 exhibitors from seventeen countries, including China and Uruguay, will be there. TEFAF runs from 12-21 March at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in Maastricht, Netherlands.” Full agenda

“Aronson Antiquairs is now in its fifth generation. Robert Aronson runs this prestigious gallery on the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat which was founded in 1881.


In the gallery you will find some of the earliest objects made by the Delft factories in the 17th century, and a superb collection of polychrome animals, figures, plaques and chargers from the 18th century.


Also to be found [...is] Continental furniture from both the 17th and 18th century. Treat yourself to a visit to Aronson Antiquairs whenever you are in Amsterdam.”


Art World Dealers

Aronson Antiquairs is proud to be exclusive sponsor of :


Delffse Porceleyne

Dutch delftware 1620-1850

Waanders Publishers, Zwolle, 2004


The latest publication on Dutch Delftware by the Rijksmuseum, describing “the factories, the people, their successes and their disappointments, and the beautifully decorated wares they produced.”


(Click image to purchase Delffse Porceleyne through Amazon.com)

 

Latest publication:





Dutch Delftware,




Facing East: Oriental Sources for Dutch Delft Chinoiserie Figures,

Amsterdam, 2010

 

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«Aronson Antiquairs»- это известное и традиционное семейное предприятие: Долгая и интересная история

“The rise of the potting industry in Haarlem occurred simultaneously with the decline of the beer brewing

industry in the town of Delft. ...”


Read more on our collection page.

Aronson Antiquairs

Aronson of Amsterdam

Since 1881


Our address:

Visit: Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 39

Amsterdam-Center

Mail: P.O.Box 15556

NL-1001 NB Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Tel. +31 20 623 3103

Fax +31 20 638 3066

e-mail: mail@aronson.com

Highlights at TEFAF Maastricht 2010