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Hope Collection of Pictures

The Hope Collection of Pictures, also known as The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, was a distinguished group of eighty-three paintings that were sold together in 1898 by Lord Francis Pelham Clinton-Hope.[1][2] It included works by more than thirty different artists, a number of them being individuals whose names are renowned within the art world.[3]

The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools
The Hope Collection of Pictures
1898 catalogue
Asher Wertheimer
John Singer Sargent, 1898[4]

History

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Interior of Thomas Hope's Picture Gallery, Duchess Street, London
William Henry Bartlett, 1825–54[5]

Multiple members of the branch of the Hope family which became established in Amsterdam pursued an interest in acquiring fine paintings.[2] By the later part of the 18th century they owned a large number of works, and 372 of their paintings accompanied Henry Hope when he moved from the Dutch Republic to London in 1794.[6] An inventory with insured values of the paintings at his home in England was compiled not long afterwards on 17 December 1795.[7] He would continue to purchase works,[a] and upon his death a cumulative total of at least 378 paintings that had been in his possession were sold through three Christie’s auctions that were held in April 1811,[9] June 1816, [10] and July 1816.[11][b]

This particular collection was a subset of a group of paintings that came to be owned by Henry Thomas Hope following the deaths of his father Thomas Hope and his uncle Henry Philip Hope.[12][2] Henry Thomas Hope was one of a handful of individuals who were initially contacted regarding making a loan to the 1857 Manchester Art Treasures exhibition,[13] and twelve of his paintings would be sent to Manchester.[14] Following his death in 1862, the collection was inherited by his widow, Anne Adèle Hope.[15][2][16] In 1891 the eighty-three painting were put on display at the South Kensington Museum,[17] before they would be sold seven years later by her grandson for the sum of £121,550.[2] The payment of this amount was made by the London art dealer Asher Wertheimer.[2]

Works

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Following is a partial listing of the paintings that were in The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools.
(Those with a (†) preceding their title were on display at the 1857 Manchester Art Treasures exhibition.)

Image Title Artist Collection
  (†) A Lady with a Parrot and a Gentleman with a Monkey[18][19][20] Caspar Netscher Columbus Museum of Art
  Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee[21][22] Rembrandt Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
(†) River Landscape Near a Town[23][24][25] unknown Netherlandish artist Musée Charles de Bruyères
(in Remiremont)
A Church Interior with Elegant Company Attending a Christening[26][27] Dirck van Delen private
  The Farm[28][29] Adriaen van de Velde Gemäldegalerie
The Vegetable Seller[30][31] Willem van Mieris Musée Bernard d'Agesci
(in Niort)
  (†) Easy Come, Easy Go[32][33][34] Jan Steen Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Bathsheba[35][36] Willem van Mieris Snite Museum of Art
The Onion Seller[37][38] Willem van Mieris Musée Bernard d'Agesci
(in Niort)
  View from the Coast of Norway[39][40] Jacob van Ruisdael Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
  (†) Figures with Horses by a Stable[41][42][43] Paulus Potter Philadelphia Museum of Art
  Italianate Landscape with Cattle[44][45] Karel Dujardin Mauritshuis
(†) The Robbery[46][47][48] Simon Kick Gemäldegalerie
  The Church at Maarssen[49][50] Jan van der Heyden National Trust
(at Polesden Lacey)
Man and a Page Offering Fruit to a Seated Woman, In a Courtyard[51][52] Jan van Mieris private
Cows and Herdsman by a River[53][54] Aelbert Cuyp The Frick Collection
  The Dancing Couple[55][56] Jan Steen National Gallery of Art
  (†) The Old Violinist[57][58][59] Frans van Mieris the Elder Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Landscape with Tower[60][61] Peter Paul Rubens Gemäldegalerie
  Landscape with Bridge, Cattle, and Figures[62][63] Jacob van Ruisdael Clark Art Institute
  (†) Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy Landscape[64][65][66] Paulus Potter The National Gallery
  Woman Drinking with Soldiers
(French: La Buveuse)[67][68] 		Pieter de Hooch Musée du Louvre
The Death of Cleopatra[69][70] Gerard de Lairesse Art Gallery of Ontario
  Cottages in a Wood[71][72] Meindert Hobbema The National Gallery
  (†) Elegant Couple in an Interior[73][74][75] Eglon van der Neer private
  Woman Reading a Letter[76][77] Gabriël Metsu National Gallery of Ireland
Lot and his Daughters[78][79] Adriaen van der Werff Schlossmuseum Gotha
(within Friedenstein Castle)
  Swans and Peacocks[80][81] Melchior d'Hondecoeter Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
  Woman Asleep[82][83] Gerrit Dou Hohenbuchau Collection,
on permanent loan to
Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections
  Street in Front of the Haarlem Gate in Amsterdam[84][85] Jan van der Heyden Gemäldegalerie
Two Ladies with a Parrot at a Casement[86][87] Philip van Dijk private
  Still Life with Swan and Game before a Country Estate[88][89] Jan Weenix National Gallery of Art
  A Dutch Three-Master and a Boeier in Stormy Weather[90][91] Willem van de Velde the Younger National Trust
(at Buckland Abbey)
  Doubting Thomas (The Incredulity of St. Thomas)[92][93] Adriaen van der Werff Milwaukee Art Museum
  The Glass of Wine[94][95] Johannes Vermeer Gemäldegalerie
Three Soldiers Making Merry[96][97] Gerard ter Borch private
Landscape with kermis
(or The Rustic Wedding)[98][99] 		Philips Wouwerman Mansion House, London
Roman Market Scene[100][101] Johannes Lingelbach Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
  Man Writing a Letter[102][103] Gabriël Metsu National Gallery of Ireland
A Guardroom Scene with Tric-Trac Players in the Foreground[104][105] David Teniers the Younger private
  (†) A Lady and Gentleman in Black[106][107][108] Rembrandt Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
An Italian Landscape[109][110] Jan Both National Gallery of Ireland
  Dutch Shipping in a Heavy Swell with a Small Hoeker[111][112] Willem van de Velde the Younger National Trust
(at Buckland Abbey)
  The Virgin as Intercessor[113][114] Anthony van Dyck National Gallery of Art
View of the Roman Forum[115][116] Jacob van der Ulft Schloss Collection,
looted during World War II
  Officer Writing a Letter, with a Trumpeter[117][118] Gerard ter Borch Philadelphia Museum of Art
  The Christening[119][120] Jan Steen Gemäldegalerie
  The Music Lesson[121][122] workshop of
Gerard ter Borch 		Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  (†) The Cottage Dooryard[123][124][125] Adriaen van Ostade National Gallery of Art
Landscape with Cattle[126][127] Adriaen van de Velde Philadelphia Museum of Art
  Old Woman Peeling Apples[128][129] Nicolaes Maes Gemäldegalerie
  A Lady at Her Toilet[130][131] Gabriël Metsu The Frick Collection

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f Wertheimer (1898), Introduction
  3. ^ Wertheimer (1898), Index Of Artists
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  19. ^ "A Lady with a Parrot and a Gentleman with a Monkey". Columbus Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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  22. ^ "Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee". Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  29. ^ "Die Farm". Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  40. ^ "View from the Coast of Norway or A Stormy Sea Near the Coast". Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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  42. ^ "Figures with Horses by a Stable". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  45. ^ "Italianate Landscape with Cattle". Mauritshuis. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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  53. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXIV and ill.
  54. ^ The Frick Collection (2016), p. 37
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  56. ^ "The Dancing Couple". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  57. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXVI and ill.
  58. ^ "The Old Violinist". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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  60. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXVII and ill.
  61. ^ "Landschaft mit Turm". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  62. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXIX and ill.
  63. ^ "Landscape with Bridge, Cattle, and Figures". The Clark Art Institute. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  64. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXXI and ill.
  65. ^ "Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy Landscape". The National Gallery. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  67. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXXIV and ill.
  68. ^ "La Buveuse". Musée du Louvre. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  69. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXXV and ill.
  70. ^ "The Death of Cleopatra". AGO Collections - eMuseum. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  71. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXXVI and ill.
  72. ^ "Cottages in a Wood". The National Gallery. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  73. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXXVII and ill.
  74. ^ "Elegant company in a distinguished interior". RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  76. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XXXVIII and ill.
  77. ^ Waiboer (2017), p. 246
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  79. ^ "Lot und seine Töchter". Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  83. ^ Waiboer (2017), p. 242
  84. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. XLII and ill.
  85. ^ "Straße vor dem Haarlemer Tor in Amsterdam". Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  89. ^ "Still Life with Swan and Game before a Country Estate". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  91. ^ "A Dutch Three-Master and a Boeier in Stormy Weather". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  93. ^ "Doubting Thomas (The Incredulity of St. Thomas)". Milwaukee Art Museum. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  110. ^ "An Italian Landscape". National Gallery of Ireland. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  112. ^ "Dutch Shipping in a Heavy Swell with a Small Hoeker". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  114. ^ "The Virgin as Intercessor". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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  130. ^ Wertheimer (1898), no. LXXXII and ill.
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Sources

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  • Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition (1857). Catalogue of the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom. London: Bradbury and Evans.
  • South Kensington Museum (1869). Catalogue of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools. London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode.
  • South Kensington Museum (1891). A Catalogue of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode.
  • Wertheimer, Asher, ed. (1898). The Hope Collection of Pictures. London: Chiswick Press.
  • Wheelock, Arthur K. Jr. (2004). Gerard Ter Borch. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. ISBN 0-89468-317-9.
  • Vander Auwera, Joost (2007). Rubens: A Genius at Work. Tielt: Lannoo. ISBN 978-90-209-7242-9.
  • Liedtke, Walter (2008). Vermeer: The Complete Paintings. New York, NY: Abrams. ISBN 978-1-4197-0308-9.
  • Pergam, Elizabeth A. (2011). The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857: Entrepreneurs, Connoisseurs and the Public. London and New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-4094-1830-6.
  • Hall, Michael; Gifford, Clare (2012). The Harold Samuel Collection: A Guide to the Dutch and Flemish Pictures at the Mansion House. London: Paul Holberton publishing. ISBN 978-1-907372-41-4.
  • The Frick Collection (2016). Handbook of Paintings. New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1-85759-328-0.
  • Waiboer, Adriaan E., ed. (2017). Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-22293-7.

Notes

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  1. ^ An example of a painting that was purchased by Henry Hope after he had moved to London is Christ and the Adulterous Woman by Peter Paul Rubens.[8]
  2. ^ According to the Sales Contents data on the Getty Provenance Index® website as of July 2022, these three auctions involved a cumulative total of 395 paintings, of which 378 of the transactions are recorded as Sold, 9 as Bought In, and 2 each as Passed, Withdrawn, Unknown, and Sold [?].
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