Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels (Schleissheim)

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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels (IV)
David Teniers (II) - The Gallery of Archduke Leopold in Brussels.jpg
Artist David Teniers the Younger   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Year1650s
Dimensions99.7 cm (39.3 in) × 128.4 cm (50.6 in)
LocationSchleißheim State Gallery
Accession No.1841  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Identifiers RKDimages ID: 57564
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 00060263

Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels is a painting of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm's Italian art collection by the Flemish Baroque painter David Teniers the Younger, now held in the Schleissheim Palace. It dates to the 1650s. [1]

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The painting shows the Archduke as a collector pointing with his cane towards a few paintings propped against each other on the floor. Behind him is the artist wearing a gold chain and sword, the attributes of honor for his role as gallery director for the archduke. Above the door is a portrait of another patron of the artist, King Philip IV of Spain, and behind the large paintings on the right is a bust on a pedestal of Queen Christina of Sweden. On the left behind the table is an assistant holding a print. The table foot has been documented as a creation of the sculptor Adriaen de Vries depicting Ganymede. The paintings are arranged in rows on the walls, and is one of the paintings that David Teniers the Younger prepared to document the Archduke's collection before he employed 12 engravers to publish his Theatrum Pictorium , considered the "first illustrated art catalog". He published this book of engravings after the Archduke had moved to Austria and taken his collection with him. It was published in Antwerp in 1659 and again in 1673. [2]

In her catalog raisonné of Teniers' works, Margret Klinge dates this painting after 1654 because in the similar gallery painting dated 1653 his portrait does not show the keys, chain, and sword that he is shown wearing in the portrait by Philips Fruytiers dated 1655. Furthermore, the painting of The Three Philosophers and several other Italian paintings are painted in mirror image, which may indicate that he was working from his miniature copy rather than the original, which would have been a necessity after the Archduke left Brussels with his collection to return to Vienna in 1656.

List of paintings depicted

The following is a list of the recognizable paintings of the collection, not all of which were included in the Italian catalog prepared by Teniers, which was a selection of 243 of the most prized paintings out of a collection of 1300-1400 pieces. Many are still in the Viennese collection. Here is a list of the paintings depicted, which starts with the paintings at the top left, running from left to right and from top to bottom and continuing in the same way with the rear wall on the right.

imagearticlepainteryearcollectioninventory nr.catalog code
Giorgione - Three Philosophers - Google Art Project.jpg
The Three Philosophers Giorgione 1500s Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_111 20
Titian.ManwithErmineCoat01.jpg
Man with Ermine Coat Titian 1560 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_76 95
Tizian - Bildnis des Jacopo de Strada.jpg
Portrait of Jacopo Strada Titian 1567 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_81 92
Carlo Saraceni 001.jpg
Judith with the head of Holofernes Carlo Saraceni 1613 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_41 39
Lucas Vorsterman - Christ carrying the cross meets Veronica SVK-SNG.G 11965-145.jpg
Christ carrying the cross meets Veronica Jacopo Bassano 144
Palma il Giovane 006.jpg
Dead Christ Supported by an Angel Palma il Giovane 1612 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_9394 179
Andrea Schiavone - Aeneas Takes Leave of Dido GG 5818.jpg
Aeneas Takes Leave of Dido Andrea Schiavone 1555 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_5818 135
Diego Velazquez 071.jpg
King Philip IV of Spainunknown1653 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_324
David Teniers II - Lady with an Ermine (1653) (cropped).jpg
Lady with an Ermine Titian 94
Portrait of a Man with Beret GG 1552.jpg
Portrait of a Man with Beretanonymous1538 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_1552 56
Jacopo Tintoretto 090.jpg
Portrait of a White-Bearded Man Tintoretto Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_25 103
Portrait of Francesco Donato, Doge of Venice GG 3062.jpg
Portrait of Francesco Donato, Doge of Veniceanonymous Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_3062 98
Giovanni Battista Moroni 004.jpg
The Orator Giovan Pietro Maffeis (?) (1533-1603) Giovanni Battista Moroni 1563 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_88 230
Arolsen Klebeband 13 064.jpg
Portrait of a Lady 229
David Teniers after Bassano - An Allegory of Spring d5529764g.jpg
An Allegory of Spring David Teniers the Younger 1656 private collection 163
Bartolomeo Manfredi - Capture of Christ.jpg
Arrest of Christ Bartolomeo Manfredi 1615 National Museum of Western Art 234
Romano - Pluto in his chariot GG 157.jpg
Pluto in his Chariotanonymous1536 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_157 26
Jan Swart van Groningen - Ganymede.jpg
Ganymede Jan Swart van Groningen 1560 private collection 11
Francesco Bassano - Boy with Flute GG 8.jpg
Boy with a Flute Francesco Bassano the Younger 1583 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_8 150
Palma Vecchio-Holy Family with St. John - Uffizi.jpg
Holy Family with St. John and Mary Magdalene Palma Vecchio 1520 Uffizi 950 205
Dosso Dossi 009.jpg
Saint Jerome Dosso Dossi 1620s Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_263 232
Andrea Schiavone - Jupiter nurtured by Amalthea GG 1991.jpg
Jupiter nurtured by Amalthea Andrea Schiavone 1544 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_1991 128
Domenico Fetti - Blind leading the Blind 333.jpg
Blind leading the Blind Domenico Fetti 1620s Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 422 215
Antonello da Messina Pala di Cassiano 11.jpg
Saints George and Cecilia (after Antonello da Messina) David Teniers the Younger 1656 Courtauld Gallery P.1978.PG.439 6
Jacopo da Ponte,called Jacopo Bassano - Adoration of the Magi - Google Art Project.jpg
Adoration of the Magi Jacopo Bassano 1555 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_361 153
Bartolomeo Manfredi - Cain Kills Abel, c. 1615, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna).jpg
Cain Kills Abel Bartolomeo Manfredi c 1600 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_363
Palma il Giovane 010.jpg
Lamentation with angels Palma il Giovane 1610s Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_1546 198
Titian - Madonna of the Cherries - WGA22746.jpg
Madonna of the Cherries Titian 1516 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_118 62
Paolo Veronese -- Erweckung des Junglings zu Nain -- 1560er -- KHM.jpg
Raising the Young Man of Nain Paolo Veronese 1560s Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_52 124
Raffaello Santi gen. Raffael, , Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemaldegalerie - Hl. Margarete - GG 171 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg
Saint Margaret and the Dragon Raphael 1518 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_171 2
Pordenone - Carrying Lazarus.jpg
Carrying Lazarus Pordenone before 1551 Prague Castle Picture Gallery 110
Domenico Fetti - Hero Mourning the Dead Leander - Google Art Project.jpg
Hero mourns the dead Leander Domenico Fetti 1622 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_160 217
Tiziano, i bravi.jpg
The Bravo Titian 1520 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_64 23
Tintoretto - Descent from the Cross GG 1565.jpg
Descent from the Cross Tintoretto 1547 Kunsthistorisches Museum GG_1565 109

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