Publication : Lotteries, Art Markets, and Visual Culture in the Low Countries, 15th-17th Centuries

1 Origin and Typology of Lotteries in the Low Countries
1 Historical and Historiographical Context  2 Lottery Typology in the Sixteenth-Century Netherlands  3 The Upsurge in Commercial Lotteries
2 The Machinery of Success: Expert Valuation—Exhibition—Draw  1 Building Trust  2 Make Known, Make Seen: The Visual Means of Mediatization  3 Theatralization: The Public Draw as Urban Spectacle
3 Visualizing the Material and Moral Stakes of Institutional Lotteries  1 Illustrated Posters: A Feature of the Visual Culture of the Low Countries  2 Exploiting the Image’s Power of Persuasion  3 Theatralization and Dramatization: The Human Impact
4 Lottery Posters and Booklets: The Role of Print in Structuring the Art Worlds  1 Lottery Posters in the United Provinces  2 Booklets and Catalogues: New Tools of Mediation and Encouragement to Gamble  3 A New Image of the Art Trade and Material Pleasure
5 Commercial Lotteries in the Spanish Netherlands: Actors, Networks, Risks, and Profits  1 Painter Claude Dorizi’s Lottery in Mechelen (1559–1560)  2 The Invention of Immediate-draw Itinerant Commercial Lotteries  3 Political-economic Conflicts of Interest between Central Government and Local Authorities  4 Networks, Risks, and Profits 6 At the Heart of the Commercial Lotteries  1 Abundance, Luxury, and Diversity  2 New Images and New Luxuries  3 Sartorial Appearances and Domestic Items
7 The Mirage of Art and Wealth. The Lottery’s Economic, Social, and Cultural Impacts  1 A Pseudo-Mechanism for Distributing Luck Fairly and Democratically  2 Lotteries and Local Trade. Ripple Effect or Competition?  3 From the Material Temptation of the Lottery Displays to Moral Reflections on Vanity and Fortune: The Watershed Years of 1590–1610