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]

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.[4] An inventory with insured values of the paintings at his home in England was compiled not long afterwards on 17 December 1795.[5] 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,[6] June 1816,[7] and July 1816.[8][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.[9][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,[10] and twelve of his paintings would be sent to Manchester.[11] Following his death in 1862, the collection was inherited by his widow, Anne Adèle Hope.[12][2][13] In 1891 the eighty-three painting were put on display at the South Kensington Museum,[14] 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.[15]

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.)

ImageTitleArtistCollection
(†) A Lady with a Parrot and a Gentleman with a Monkey[16][17][18]Caspar NetscherColumbus Museum of Art
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee[19][20]RembrandtIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
(†) River Landscape Near a Town[21][22][23]unknown Netherlandish artistMusée Charles de Bruyères
(in Remiremont)
A Church Interior with Elegant Company Attending a Christening[24][25]Dirck van Delenprivate
The Farm[26][27]Adriaen van de VeldeGemäldegalerie
The Vegetable Seller[28][29]Willem van MierisMusée Bernard d'Agesci
(in Niort)
(†) Easy Come, Easy Go[30][31][32]Jan SteenMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Bathsheba[33][34]Willem van MierisSnite Museum of Art
The Onion Seller[35][36]Willem van MierisMusée Bernard d'Agesci
(in Niort)
View from the Coast of Norway[37][38]Jacob van RuisdaelCalouste Gulbenkian Museum
(†) Figures with Horses by a Stable[39][40][41]Paulus PotterPhiladelphia Museum of Art
Italianate Landscape with Cattle[42][43]Karel DujardinMauritshuis
(†) The Robbery[44][45][46]Simon KickGemäldegalerie
The Church at Maarssen[47][48]Jan van der HeydenNational Trust
(at Polesden Lacey)
Man and a Page Offering Fruit to a Seated Woman, In a Courtyard[49][50]Jan van Mierisprivate
Cows and Herdsman by a River[51][52]Aelbert CuypFrick Collection
The Dancing Couple[53][54]Jan SteenNational Gallery of Art
(†) The Old Violinist[55][56][57]Frans van Mieris the ElderRose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Landscape with Tower[58][59]Peter Paul RubensGemäldegalerie
Landscape with Bridge, Cattle, and Figures[60][61]Jacob van RuisdaelClark Art Institute
(†) Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy Landscape[62][63][64]Paulus PotterNational Gallery
Woman Drinking with Soldiers
(French: La Buveuse)[65][66]		Pieter de HoochLouvre
The Death of Cleopatra[67][68]Gerard de LairesseArt Gallery of Ontario
Cottages in a Wood[69][70]Meindert HobbemaNational Gallery
(†) Elegant Couple in an Interior[71][72][73]Eglon van der Neerprivate
Woman Reading a Letter[74][75]Gabriël MetsuNational Gallery of Ireland
Lot and his Daughters[76][77]Adriaen van der WerffSchlossmuseum Gotha
(within Friedenstein Castle)
Swans and Peacocks[78][79]Melchior d'HondecoeterMuseu Nacional de Belas Artes
Woman Asleep[80][81]Gerrit DouHohenbuchau Collection,
on permanent loan to
Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections
Street in Front of the Haarlem Gate in Amsterdam[82][83]Jan van der HeydenGemäldegalerie
Two Ladies with a Parrot at a Casement[84][85]Philip van Dijkprivate
Still Life with Swan and Game before a Country Estate[86][87]Jan WeenixNational Gallery of Art
A Dutch Three-Master and a Boeier in Stormy Weather[88][89]Willem van de Velde the YoungerNational Trust
(at Buckland Abbey)
Doubting Thomas (The Incredulity of St. Thomas)[90][91]Adriaen van der WerffMilwaukee Art Museum
The Glass of Wine[92][93]Johannes VermeerGemäldegalerie
Three Soldiers Making Merry[94][95]Gerard ter Borchprivate
Landscape with kermis
(or The Rustic Wedding)[96][97]		Philips WouwermanMansion House, London
Roman Market Scene[98][99]Johannes LingelbachStaatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Man Writing a Letter[100][101]Gabriël MetsuNational Gallery of Ireland
A Guardroom Scene with Tric-Trac Players in the Foreground[102][103]David Teniers the Youngerprivate
(†) A Lady and Gentleman in Black[104][105][106]RembrandtIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
An Italian Landscape[107][108]Jan BothNational Gallery of Ireland
Dutch Shipping in a Heavy Swell with a Small Hoeker[109][110]Willem van de Velde the YoungerNational Trust
(at Buckland Abbey)
The Virgin as Intercessor[111][112]Anthony van DyckNational Gallery of Art
View of the Roman Forum[113][114]Jacob van der UlftSchloss Collection,
looted during World War II
Officer Writing a Letter, with a Trumpeter[115][116]Gerard ter BorchPhiladelphia Museum of Art
The Christening[117][118]Jan SteenGemäldegalerie
The Music Lesson[119][120]workshop of
Gerard ter Borch		Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
(†) The Cottage Dooryard[121][122][123]Adriaen van OstadeNational Gallery of Art
Landscape with Cattle[124][125]Adriaen van de VeldePhiladelphia Museum of Art
Old Woman Peeling Apples[126][127]Nicolaes MaesGemäldegalerie
A Lady at Her Toilet[128][129]Gabriël MetsuFrick Collection

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Notes

  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.[130]
  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 [?].

References

  1. ^ (Vander Auwera 2007, p. 71)