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/ref> He owned a large art collection consisting of at least seventy paintings and ten prints, including landscapes; ruins; hunting, historical, marine and battle scenes; erotica; and a few Biblical paintings and portraits.
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George Frideric Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...
is reported to have had a great love for painting, and until his eyesight failed him, he enjoyed viewing collections of pictures that were for sale.Thomas McGeary in: "Handel as art collector: art, connoisseurship and taste in Hanoverian Britain", ''Early Music'' (2009) 37(4): 53/ref> He owned a large art collection consisting of at least seventy paintings and ten prints, including landscapes; ruins; hunting, historical, marine and battle scenes; erotica; and a few Biblical paintings and portraits.
Artworks
The paintings and prints in Handel's collection (that weren't bequeathed in his Will of George Frideric Handel, will) were auctioned byAbraham Langford
Abraham Langford (1711–1774) was an English auctioneer and playwright.
Life
He was born in the parish of St Paul, Covent Garden. As a young man he wrote for the stage, and was responsible, according to the '' Biographia Dramatica'', for an ...
a little over ten months after his death (the auction catalogue was dated 27–28 February 1760).Frick Art Reference Library search/ref>
Auction
The auction of Handel's art collection occurred on 28 February 1760. The sale catalogue listed the following items:References
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