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. It included works by more than thirty different artists, a number of them being individuals whose names are renowned within the art world.
History
Multiple members of the branch of the Hope family which became established in Amsterdam pursued an interest in acquiring fine paintings. 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. An inventory with insured values of the paintings at his home in England was compiled not long afterwards on 17 December 1795. He would continue to purchase works, 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, June 1816, and July 1816.
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. 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, and twelve of his paintings would be sent to Manchester. Following his death in 1862, the collection was inherited by his widow, Anne Adèle Hope. In 1891 the eighty-three painting were put on display at the South Kensington Museum, before they would be sold seven years later by her grandson for the sum of £121,550. The payment of this amount was made by the London art dealer Asher Wertheimer.
While substantial, the paintings sold in 1898 were not the full Hope Collection. Some works were sold privately, including Paolo Veronese's Allegory of Virtue and Vice and Allegory of Wisdom and Strength to Knoedler in 1910. A residual portion was sold at Christie's in 1917.
Works 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 MonkeyCaspar NetscherColumbus Museum of ArtChrist in the Storm on the Sea of GalileeRembrandtIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum River Landscape Near a Townunknown Netherlandish artistMusée Charles de Bruyères(in Remiremont)A Church Interior with Elegant Company Attending a ChristeningDirck van DelenprivateThe FarmAdriaen van de VeldeGemäldegalerieThe Vegetable SellerWillem van MierisMusée Bernard d'Agesci(in Niort) Easy Come, Easy GoJan SteenMuseum Boijmans Van BeuningenBathshebaWillem van MierisSnite Museum of ArtThe Onion SellerWillem van MierisMusée Bernard d'Agesci(in Niort)View from the Coast of NorwayJacob van RuisdaelCalouste Gulbenkian Museum Figures with Horses by a StablePaulus PotterPhiladelphia Museum of ArtItalianate Landscape with CattleKarel DujardinMauritshuis The RobberySimon KickGemäldegalerieThe Church at MaarssenJan van der HeydenNational Trust(at Polesden Lacey)Man and a Page Offering Fruit to a Seated Woman, In a CourtyardJan van MierisprivateCows and Herdsman by a RiverAelbert CuypFrick CollectionThe Dancing CoupleJan SteenNational Gallery of Art The Old ViolinistFrans van Mieris the ElderRose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection,Museum of Fine Arts, BostonLandscape with TowerPeter Paul RubensGemäldegalerieLandscape with Bridge, Cattle, and FiguresJacob van RuisdaelClark Art Institute Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy LandscapePaulus PotterNational GalleryWoman Drinking with Soldiers(French: La Buveuse)Pieter de HoochLouvreThe Death of CleopatraGerard de LairesseArt Gallery of OntarioCottages in a WoodMeindert HobbemaNational Gallery Elegant Couple in an InteriorEglon van der NeerprivateWoman Reading a LetterGabriël MetsuNational Gallery of IrelandLot and his DaughtersAdriaen van der WerffSchlossmuseum Gotha(within Friedenstein Castle)Swans and PeacocksMelchior d'HondecoeterMuseu Nacional de Belas ArtesWoman AsleepGerrit DouHohenbuchau Collection,on permanent loan toLiechtenstein. The Princely CollectionsStreet in Front of the Haarlem Gate in AmsterdamJan van der HeydenGemäldegalerieTwo Ladies with a Parrot at a CasementPhilip van DijkprivateStill Life with Swan and Game before a Country EstateJan WeenixNational Gallery of ArtA Dutch Three-Master and a Boeier in Stormy WeatherWillem van de Velde the YoungerNational Trust(at Buckland Abbey)Doubting Thomas (The Incredulity of St. Thomas)Adriaen van der WerffMilwaukee Art MuseumThe Glass of WineJohannes VermeerGemäldegalerieThree Soldiers Making MerryGerard ter BorchprivateLandscape with kermis(or The Rustic Wedding)Philips WouwermanMansion House, LondonRoman Market SceneJohannes LingelbachStaatliche Kunsthalle KarlsruheMan Writing a LetterGabriël MetsuNational Gallery of IrelandA Guardroom Scene with Tric-Trac Players in the ForegroundDavid Teniers the Youngerprivate A Lady and Gentleman in BlackRembrandtIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumAn Italian LandscapeJan BothNational Gallery of IrelandDutch Shipping in a Heavy Swell with a Small HoekerWillem van de Velde the YoungerNational Trust(at Buckland Abbey)The Virgin as IntercessorAnthony van DyckNational Gallery of ArtView of the Roman ForumJacob van der UlftSchloss Collection,looted during World War IIOfficer Writing a Letter, with a TrumpeterGerard ter BorchPhiladelphia Museum of ArtThe ChristeningJan SteenGemäldegalerieThe Music Lessonworkshop ofGerard ter BorchIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum The Cottage DooryardAdriaen van OstadeNational Gallery of ArtLandscape with CattleAdriaen van de VeldePhiladelphia Museum of ArtOld Woman Peeling ApplesNicolaes MaesGemäldegalerieA Lady at Her ToiletGabriël MetsuFrick Collection
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