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. Asher Wertheimer

History

Multiple members of the branch of the

Hope family Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...

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 Henry Hope (1735–1811) was an Amsterdam merchant banker born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He emigrated to the Netherlands to join the family business Hope & Co. at a young age. From 1779, Henry became the manager of Hope & Co. and he participa ...

when he moved from the

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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 Philip Hope (8 June 1774, Amsterdam – 5 December 1839, Kent) was a collector of Dutch origin based in London. He was one of the heirs of the bank Hope & Co. without having been a banker himself but rather a famous collector of the arts ...

. 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.

Works

Following is a partial listing of the paintings that were in The Hope Collection of Pictures of the

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and

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Schools.
(Those with a preceding their title were on display at the 1857 Manchester Art Treasures exhibition.)

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