Hope Collection of Pictures
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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]
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 The Hope Collection of Pictures 1898 catalogue |
History
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]
While substantial, the paintings sold in 1898 were not the full Hope Collection. A residual portion was sold at Christie's in 1917.[18]
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.)
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