Editing Art merchant

{{Era|Occupations}}{{WP-REAL|Art dealer}}
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[[File:ACB Art Merchant Shop.png|thumb|250px|A Roman art merchant's shop]]
An '''art merchant''' is a person who buys and sells works of art. In [[Renaissance]] [[Italy]], art merchants were the primary [[Merchant|suppliers]] of two-dimensional drawn media, such as paintings and maps. With his apprentices, an art merchant could reproduce and sell decent copies of most works of art and drawings. They were still a raw trade, much like [[blacksmith]]s.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Paintings==
Each painting increased [[Monteriggioni]]'s value, with the higher the price, the higher the added value. Paintings sold by art merchants changed depending on what region they were in. Once purchased, they could be viewed at the [[Villa Auditore]]'s second floor [[painting gallery]] while also providing some background information on the painting itself and its artist. Art merchants were not as common as blacksmiths or [[doctor]]s, but there was at least one situated in each city.

{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" width="25%" |Location
! scope="col" width="25%" |Painting
! scope="col" width="25%" |Cost
! scope="col" width="25%" |Artist
|-
|[[Florence]]
|''{{Wiki|File:Fra Filippo Lippi - Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne - WGA13236.jpg|Madonna and Child}}''
|320ƒ
|{{Wiki|Filippo Lippi}}
|-
|Florence
|''{{Wiki|The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo)|Baptism of Christ}}''
|280ƒ
|[[Andrea del Verrocchio]]
|-
|Florence
|''{{Wiki|Primavera (painting)|Primavera}}''
|2,950ƒ
|[[Sandro Botticelli]]
|-
|Florence
|''{{Wiki|Pallas and the Centaur}}''
|3,050ƒ
|Sandro Botticelli
|-
|Florence
|''[[Annunciation]]''
|429ƒ
|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]
|-
|Florence
|''[[John the Baptist|Saint John Baptiste]]''
|1,608ƒ
|Leonardo da Vinci
|-
|Florence
|''[[Portrait of a Musician]]''
|20ƒ
|Leonardo da Vinci
|-
|Florence
|''{{Wiki|Portrait of Francesco delle Opere|Francesco Delle Opere}}''
|1,492ƒ
|[[Pietro Perugino]]
|-
|[[Venice]]
|''[[St Jerome in the Wilderness]]''
|53ƒ
|Leonardo da Vinci
|-
|Venice
|''[[Adoration of the Magi]]''
|1,290ƒ
|Leonardo da Vinci
|-
|Venice
|''{{Wiki|St. Sebastian (Antonello da Messina)|San Sebastian}}''
|163ƒ
|Antonello da Messina
|-
|Venice
|''{{Wiki|St. Jerome in His Study (Antonello da Messina)|St-Jerome in his Study}}''
|4,300ƒ
|{{Wiki|Antonello da Messina}}
|-
|Venice
|''{{Wiki|Sacred and Profane Love}}''
|6,295ƒ
|[[Titian]]
|-
|[[San Gimignano]]
|''{{Wiki|Venus Anadyomene (Titian)|Venus Rising}}''
|7,220ƒ
|Titian
|-
|San Gimignano
|''{{Wiki|Sleeping Venus (Giorgione)|Sleeping Venus}}''
|9,175ƒ
|{{Wiki|Giorgione}}
|-
|San Gimignano
|''[http://www.wikiart.org/en/mabuse/venus-and-the-mirror Venus and the Mirror]''
|1,035ƒ
|{{Wiki|Jan Gossaert|Mabuse}}
|-
|San Gimignano
|''{{Wiki|Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci (Piero di Cosimo)|Simonetta Vespucci}}''
|125ƒ
|{{Wiki|Piero di Cosimo}}
|-
|San Gimignano
|''{{Wiki|File:Ambrogio de Predis - Portrait of a Woman - WGA18378.jpg|Portrait of a Lady}}''
|525ƒ
|Leonardo da Vinci
|-
|San Gimignano
|''{{Wiki|Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro with His Son Guidobaldo|Federico da Montefeltro}}''
|325ƒ
|{{Wiki|Pedro Berruguete}}
|-
|[[Forlì]]
|''{{Wiki|The Birth of Venus}}''
|14,800ƒ
|Sandro Botticelli
|-
|Forlì
|''{{Wiki|Jupiter and Io}}''
|6,969ƒ
|{{Wiki|Antonio da Correggio|Antonio Allegri da Corregio}}
|-
|Forlì
|''{{Wiki|La Fornarina}}''
|32ƒ
|[[Raphael]]
|-
|Forlì
|''{{Wiki|Leda and the Swan}}''
|200ƒ
|Leonardo da Vinci
|-
|Forlì
|''{{Wiki|Three Graces (Raphael)|Three Graces}}''
|500ƒ
|Raphael
|-
|Forlì
|''[[Eve]]''
|800ƒ
|[[Albrecht Dürer]]
|-
|[[Monteriggioni]]
|''[[Lady with an Ermine]]''
|85ƒ
|Leonardo da Vinci
|-
|Monteriggioni
|''{{Wiki|Saint Chrysogonus}}''
|3,290ƒ
|{{Wiki|Michele Giambono}}
|-
|Monteriggioni
|''{{Wiki|St. Francis in Ecstasy|St-Francis in Ecstasy}}''
|581ƒ
|{{Wiki|Giovanni Bellini}}
|-
|Monteriggioni
|''{{Wiki|The Ideal City (painting)|Ideal City}}''
|2,850ƒ
|{{Wiki|Francesco di Giorgio Martini}} and {{Wiki|Piero della Francesca}}
|-
|Monteriggioni
|''{{Wiki|Battista Sforza|Ballista}} and [[Federico da Montefeltro|Federico]]''
|1,238ƒ
|Piero della Francesca
|}

==Treasure maps==
Treasure maps marked the location of [[treasure chest]]s located all over [[Italy]]. Like paintings, treasure maps differed depending on what location they were bought at. Local art merchants in Florence, [[Tuscany]], [[Romagna]], and Venice possessed a map for each district that they covered. There was also another treasure map for Monteriggioni. Treasure maps for each district were unlocked after Ezio had visited the district at least once.

{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" width="50%" |City (District)
! scope="col" width="50%" |Cost
|-
!Florence ([[Santa Maria Novella District|Santa Maria Novella]])
|160ƒ
|-
!Florence ([[San Marco District (Florence)|San Marco]])
|150ƒ
|-
!Florence ([[San Giovanni District|San Giovanni]])
|395ƒ
|-
![[Apennine Mountains]]
|150ƒ
|-
!Monteriggioni
|285ƒ
|-
!Tuscany (San Gimignano)
|245ƒ
|-
!Tuscany (Countryside)
|175ƒ
|-
!Romagna (Forlì)
|260ƒ
|-
!Romagna (Countryside)
|235ƒ
|-
!Venice ([[San Marco District (Venice)|San Marco]])
|500ƒ
|-
!
Venice ([[Dorsoduro District|Dorsoduro]])
|495ƒ
|-
!Venice ([[San Polo District|San Polo]])
|550ƒ
|-
!Venice ([[Cannaregio District|Cannaregio]])
|995ƒ
|-
!Venice ([[Castello District|Castello]])
|485ƒ
|}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', 8 out of the 30 paintings that were available for purchase were painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', all of the paintings that were available for purchase were painted by the Raphael.
*Art merchants shops featured paintings that could not be purchased; most notably, the portrait of [[Giuliano de' Medici]] by Sandro Botticelli was seen hanging prominently.
*There was a typing mistake in the description of the painting "Resurrection of Christ."
*Several paintings such as Albrecht Dürer's ''{{Wiki|Adam and Eve (Dürer)|Eve }}''or Raphael's ''{{Wiki|Young Man with an Apple (Raphael)|Young Man with an Apple}}'' were painted several years after the events of each game, so it would have been impossible for Ezio to buy the artwork or the replicas earlier in the games.
*During [[modern times]], the building previously occupied by Monteriggioni's art merchant had been converted to an information kiosk.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', art merchants were replaced by [[book shop]]s.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
AC2 Monteriggioni Art Merchant.png|Monteriggioni's art merchant
ACB Art Merchant Menu.png|An art merchant's inventory
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''

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