Hope Collection of Pictures

The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools
The Hope Collection of Pictures 1898 catalogue

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]

Asher Wertheimer
John Singer Sargent, 1898

History

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

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

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

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58. "The Old Violinist". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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65. "Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy Landscape". The National Gallery. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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68. "La Buveuse". Musée du Louvre. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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72. "Cottages in a Wood". The National Gallery. 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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114. "The Virgin as Intercessor". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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116. "Vue du forum romain". France Diplomatie. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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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. ^[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 [?].