i U.S s , .-.i * \ 5 . ioiuo.^.vr m YJiAHiiljj THE HOPE COLLECTION THE HOPE COLLECTION OF PICTURES OF THE DUTCH AND FLEMISH SCHOOLS WITH DESCRIPTIONS REPRINTED FROM THE CATALOGUE PUBLISHED IN 1891 BY THE SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM LONDON PRIVATELY PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS 1898 INTRODUCTION. celebrated Hope Collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings has d such an important place in the art world that a few lines on its ory cannot fail to be of interest. It was accumulated by several generations of that branch of the Scotch family of Hope, which settled at Amsterdam in the earlier half of the seventeenth century, the first head of the Dutch house being Henry Hope, brother to Sir Thomas Hope of Kerse ; and the fact that the great majority of the works were acquired direct from the easels of the masters, attaches additional importance to the intrinsic excellence of the pictures. In the eighteenth century the taste and energies of Thomas Hope, of Amster- dam, and of his sons Thomas and Henry Philip, who returned with their art treasures to this country in the time of the French Revolution, resulted in further important additions. In England the pictures (together with the galleries of Italian paintings and antique statuary and vases) were for many years exhibited m the house of Thomas Hope in Duchess Street, Portland Place. Upon his decease in 1831, and that of his brother, Henry Philip, in 1S39, Henry Thomas Hope became the owner of this particular collection, which was bequeathed by him to his widow in 1862. Flenrietta Adela, the daughtei ot this lady, became the wife of the sixth Duke of Newcastle, and through her Lord Francis Pelham Clinton-Hope, brother of the present Duke of Newcastle, inherited a life interest in these heirlooms on his grandmothers death in 1884. On July 26th of this year, at the application of Lord Francis Pelham Clinton- Hope, with the consent of the trustees, to the Pligh Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Mr. Justice Romer sanctioned the sale of this historic collection of eighty-three pictures to Mr. Asher Wertheimer, of New Bond Street, London, at the price of ;,Li 2 1 ,5 50. London, 1898. INDEX OF Bega, Cornelis Pietersz. 5, 32. Berchem, Nicolas. 71. Both, Andries. 65. Jan. 65. Cuyp, Aelbert. 24. Delen, Dirck van. 7. Dou, Gerard. 15, 41. Dusart, Cornelis. 81. Dyck, Anthony van. 59, 68. Dyk, Philip van. 44. Gysels, Peeter. 9, 52. Heist, Bartholomeus van der. 20. Heyden, Jan van der. 21, 42. Hobbema, Meindert. 36. Hondecoeter, Melchior de. 40. Hooghe, Pieter de. 34. Jardin, Karel du. 19. Lairesse, Gerard de. 35. Lingelbach, Johann. 57. Maas, Nicolas. 79. Meer, Jan van der. 54. Metsu, Gabriel. 18, 38, 58, 82. Mieris, Frans van. 26. Willem van. 10, 13. family, one of the. 22. Moni, Lodowyck de. 43. ARTISTS. Neer, Eglon Hendrik van der. 37. Netscher, Caspar. 2. Ommeganck, Balthazar Paul. 53. Ostade, Adriaan Jansz van. 6, 76. Isaac van. 62. Poelenburgh, Cornelis van. 12, 48. Potter, Paul. 17, 31, 63. Rembrandt van Rijn. 3, 4, 14, 23, 64. Rubens, Peter Paul. 27, 72. Ruisdael, Jacob van. 16, 29. Schalcken, Godfried. 45. Slingelandt, Pieter Cornelisz van. i, 78. Steen, Jan. 1 1, 25, 73. Swebach de Fontaine, Jacques Francois Joseph. 49 - Teniers, David, the younger. 61, 67. Terburg, Gerard. 55, 70, 74. Tol, Dominicus van. 28, 83. Ulft, Jacob van der. 69. Unknown, Painter. 50. Velde, Adriaen van de. 8, 21, 29, 42, 77. Willem van de, the younger. 47, 66. Weenix, Jan. 46, 75, 80. Werff, Adriaen van der. 33, 39, 51. Wouverman, Philips. 30, 56. Wynants, Jan. 60. I. PIETER CORNELISZ VAN SLINGELANDT. B. 1640; D. i6gi. A WOMAN WITH A PITCHER DRAWING WATER FROM A WELL. Signed. Panel, upright. Sight measure, 10-^ in. by yj in. II. CASPAR NETSCHER. B. 1639: D. 1684. A LADY AT A WINDOW FEEDING A PARROT, AND A GENTLEMAN WITH A MONKEY. Metal, upright. Sight measure, i ft. in. by ii in. III. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN. B. 1606: D. 1669. CHRIST WITH HIS DISCIPLES IN THE STORM ON THE SEA OF GALILEE. Signed and dated 1633. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 5 ft. 3 in. by 4 ft. 2 in. LANDSCAPE : IV. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN. B. 1606; D. 1669. A PLAIN TRAVERSED BY A RIVER, WITH BUILDINGS ON ITS BANKS, Panel, oval. Sight measure, i ft. 3I in. by i ft. Si in. V. CORNELIS PIETERSZ BEGA. B. 1620; D. 1664. INTERIOR: VILLAGERS DRINKING AND SLEEPING. Signed. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 4 in. by 1 ft. li in. VI. ADRIAAN JANSZ VAN OSTADE. B. i6io; D. 1685. COTTAGE DOORWAY: OFFERING A PRESENT. Panel, upright. Sight measure, iii in. by g§ in. VII. DIRCK VAN DELEN. B. about 1607 ; d. about 1673. INTERIOR OF A CHURCH. Signed and dated 1629. Metal, oblong. Sight measure, in. by i ft. in. VIII. ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE. B. 1635 or 1636; D. 1672. THE FARM: EVENING. Signed and dated 1666. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. in. by 2 ft. 6 IX. PEETER GYSELS. H. 1621 : D. 1690 or 1691. DEAD SWAN, PEACOCK, SMALL BIRDS, ETC. Signed and dated 1686. Metal, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 7 in. by i ft. 4^ in. INTERIOR : XI. JAN STEEN. B. about 1626; D. 1679. LADY OFFERING WINE TO A GENTLEMAN EATING OYSTERS. Signed and dated 1661. Ganvas, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. 7 in. by 3 ft. 4i in. ■irTfr XII. CORNELIS VAN POELENBURGH. B. 1586; D. 1667. BATHSHEBA, ATTENDED BY HER MAIDENS, SEATED AT FOUNTAIN. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 2i in. by i ft. og in. XIV. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN. B. 1606; D. 1669. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. Panel, upright. Sight measure, 2 ft. 2 in. by i ft. 71 in. XV. GERARD DOU. B. 1613 ; D. 1675. A GIRL WITH POULTRY, VEGETABLES, ETC., AT A WINDOW HOLDING UP A RABBIT: A BOV LOOKING AT IT. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 8^ in. by i ft. in. XVI. JACOB VAN RUISDAEL. B. about 1628 or 1629; D. 1682. SEA-PIECE: VESSELS DRIVING ON ROCKS. Signed. Canva.s, oblong. Sight measure, 3 ft. 3 in. by 4 ft. XVII. PAUL POTTER. B. 1625: D. 1654. STABLE DOOR WITH HORSES AND FIGURES. Signed and dated 1647. Sight measure, i ft. 5^ in, by i ft. 2| in. XVIII. GABRIEL METSU. B. 1630; D. 1667. A LADY WRITING A LETTER DICTATED BY A GENTLEMAN LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER. Signed. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, i ft, 4^ in. by i ft. 5I in. XIX. KAREL DU JARDIN. B. about 1625; D. 1678. LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE AND HORSE. Signed. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 4 in. by r ft. i BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DER HELST. B. i6ii or 1612; D. 1670. THE ARREST OE THE DE WITTS. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. ii^ in. by 4 ft. in. XXI. JAN VAN DER HEYDEN, B. 1637 ; D. 1712. and ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE. B. 1635 or 1636; D. 1672. VILLAGE CHURCH AND COTTAGE. Signed. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. in. by i ft. 3I in. XXII. ONE OF THE MIERIS FAMILY. A CiENTLEMAN OFFERING FRl'IT HELD BY A BLACK PAGE TO A LADY. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 4 in. by i ft. 2 in. XXIII. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN. B. 1606; D. r66g. PORTRAIT OF A LADY. Panel, upright. Sihgt measure, 2 ft. 2 in. by i ft. yj in. XXV. JAN STEEN. B. about 1626; D. 1679. A VILLAGE FEAST. Signed and dated 1663. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, 3 ft. 3:1 in. by 4 ft. yi in. XXVI. FRANS VAN MIERIS. B. 163s; D. 1681. A (GENTLEMAN AT A WINDOW WITH GLASS OF WINE AND PRAWNS A VIOLIN ON THE SILL. Signed and dated 1660, Panel, upright. Sight measure, iij: in. by 8j} in. PETER XXVII. PAUL RUBENS. B. 1577; I). 1640. LANDSCAPE, Panel, oblong. Sight mea.sure, 94 in. by i ft. XXVIII, DOMINICUS VAN TOL. B. between 1631 and 1642; d. 1676. AN OLD MAN WITH HIS MONEY AND DEEDS Panel, upright. Sight measure, ii in. by 9 in. XXIX, JACOB VAN RUISDAEL, B. 1628 or 1629 : D. 1682, and ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE. B, 1635 or 1636; D. 1672. LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE AND FIGURES. Signed. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, 3 ft. ij in. by 4 ft. zi in. ; XXX. PHILIPS WOUVERMAN. B. 1619 ; I). 1668. HAWKING PARTY. Signed. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. U in. by i ft. 6^ in. XXXI. PAUL POTTER. B. 1625; 0. 1654. LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE AND SHEEP. CLOUDED SKY. Signed and dated 1647. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 6 in. by i ft. 2^ in. XXXI I. CORNELIS PIETERSZ BEGA. B. 1620; D. 1664. INTERIOR: VILLAGERS DRINKING AND A FIDDLER PLAYING. li in. Signed and dated 1663 (?). Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 4 in. by ft. XXXIII. ADRIAAN VAN DER WERFF. IE 1659; D. 1722. THE MAGDALEN READING IN A ROCKY LANDSCAPE. Signed. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 7 in. by i ft. 3 in. . ■■■ XXXIV. PIETER DE HOOGHE. B. 1630; D. after 1677. INTERIOR. TAKING WINE. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 2 ft. 2:J: in. by i ft. ii in. XXXV. GERARD DE LAIRESSE. B. 1641 ; D. 171 1. THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA. Signed and dated 1667 (?). Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. 51 in. by 3 ft. in. 1/ . Ai XXXVI. MEINDERT HOBBEMA. B. 1638; D. 1709. WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH COTTAGES AND FIGURES. Signed. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. 8 in. by 2 ft. 2'i in. XXXVII. EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER. B. 1643; D. 1703. A LADY AND GENTLEMAN IN THE FOREGROUND, AND A LADY AND GENTLEMAN AT TABLE WAITED ON BY A PAGE. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 2 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 3I in. A LADY READING A THE CURTAIN XXXVIII. GABRIEL METSU. B. 1630; D. 1667. LETTER AT A WINDOW: A SERVANT DRAWING BACK FROM A PICTURE ON THE WALL. Signed. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 8| in. by i ft. 4i in. XXXIX. ADRIAAN VAN DER WERFF. B. 1659 : D. 1722. LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS. Panel, upright. Sight measure, ft. 5^ in. by i ft. i| in. I MELCHIOR XL. DE HONDECOETER. i. 1636; D. 1695. SWANS, PEAFOWL, ETC. Signed. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, 4 ft. in. by 6 ft. 10 in. GERARD DOU. SMOKING: A Panel, upright. B . 1613; D. 1675. CANDLE-LIGHT EFFECT. Sight measure, ii in. by 8^ in. I XLII. JAN VAN DER HEYDEN, B. 1637 ; D. 1712, and ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE. B. 1635 or 1636 ; D. 1672. VILLAGE WITH CHURCH. Signed. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. ia in. by i ft. 4I in. XLIII. LODOWYCK DE MONI. B. 1698; D. 1771. FORTUNE TELLING. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 3 in. by I2i in. XLIV. PHILIP VAN DYK. B. ]68o; D. 1752. TWO LADIES AT A WINDOW WITH PARROT. Signed and dated 1717. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 2f in. by i ft. X LV. GODFRIED SCHALCKEN. B. 1643; D. 1706. THE SMOKER: CANDLE-LIGHT EFLECT. Panel, upright. Sight measure, 1 1 in. by 9 in. XLVI. JAN WEENIX. B. 1640 ; D. 1719. DEAD SWAN, HARE, ETC. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, 4 ft. 44 in. by 5 ft. 6| in. XLVII. WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE YOUNGER. B. 1633: D. 1707. SEA-PIECE WITH VESSELS IN A STRONG BREEZE. Signed. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, ft. in. by i ft. 3^ in. XLVIII, CORNELLS VAN POELENBURGH. H. 1586; D. 1667. NYMPH AND TRITON. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, 8 in. by loi in, XLIX. JACQLIES FRANgOIS JOSEPH SWEBACH DE FONTAINE. B. 1769; D. 1823. A SKIRMISH. Signed and dated 1820. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, 9-]: in. by 12^ in. Panel, L. PAINTER UNKNOWN. A CLA.SSICAL SUBJECT, oblong. Sight measure, I 2 i in. by i ft. 6i in. LI. ADRIAAN VAN DER WERFF. B. 1659; D. 1722. THE INCREDULITY OF ST. THOMAS. Signed. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 9 in. by ft. 6 in. LII. PEETER GYSELS, B. 1621 ; D, 1690 or 1691. A DUTCH FAIR. Signed and dated 1687. Metal, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. by 2 ft. 8i in. BALTHAZAR PAUL OMMEGANCK. B. 1755; D. 1826. LANDSCAPE WITH COWS, GOATS, ETC. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. 8 in. by 2 ft. 4a in. LIV, JAN VAN DER MEER. II. 1628; D. 1691. INTERIOR; A GENTLEMAN AND LADY. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. 2i in. by 2 ft. in. LV. GERARD TERBURG. B. between 1614 and 1617; d. 1681. SOLDIERS DRINKING AND SMOKING. Signed. Panel, upright. Sight measure, 2 ft. oi in. by i ft. 6^ in. VILLAGE LVI, PHILIPS WOUVERMAN. B. 1619; D. 1668. MERRY-MAKING. TRAVELLERS ARRIVING. Signed. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. 11 in. by 2 ft. 9^ in. LVII, JOHANN LINGELBACH. B. 1623; D. 1674. SCENE IN FRONT OF THE ANTONINE COLUMN, ROME. Sig'ned. Canvas. Sight measure, 3 ft- 2 in. square. LVIII. GABRIEL METSU. B. 1630; D. 1667. A CxENTLEMAN IN A BLACK DRESS \\’RITING AT AN OPEN WINDOW. Sicrned. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 9 in. by i ft. 4! in. 1 {JjW^'f .'idM LIX. ANTHONY VAN DYCK. B. 1599; D. 1641. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 3 ft. gi in. by 3 ft. in. a'; '' |i| ! ' -■* ■'^ 0 :< JAN WYNANTS. B. 1600; D. after 1679. LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AND HORSEMAN. Signed. Canva.s, oblong. Sight mea.sure, i ft. 5 in. by i ft. 7 in LX I. DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER. II. i6io: I). 1690. SOLDIERS PLAYING BACKGAMMON. Signed and d.ated 1647. Metal, oblong. Sight nica.sure, i ft. 3! in. by i ft. 8 in. LXII. ISAAC VAN OSTADE. B. 1621 ; D, 1649. VILLAGE SCENE WITH INN. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. 8 in. by 3 ft. o LXIII. PAUL POTTER. B. 1625; D. 1654. LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE: A VILLAGE IN THE DISTANCE. Signed and dated 1647 (?). Panel, oblong. Sight mea.sure, 12^ in. by 1 ft. i 4 in. LX IV. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN. B. 1606; D. 1669. A LADY SEATED IN A ROOM: A GENTLEMAN STANDING BY HER SID: Signed and dated 1633. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 4 ft. 3 in. by 3 ft. 6J in. LXV. JAN BOTH, R. about i6io: D. 1652, and ANDRIES BOTH. B. about 1609; D. 1650 (?). ITALIAN LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES. Signed. Panel, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. 7 in. by 3 ft. 2 in. LXVI. WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE YOUNGER. B. 1633; D. 1707. SEA-PIECE WITH VESSELS IN A STRONG BREEZE. Sis^ned. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. i in. by i ft. 4 in. LXVII. DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER, H, l6lo; D. 1690. SOLDIERS SMOKING. Signed and dated 1647. Metal, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. in. by i ft. 8 in. F- I • «* > * • ■■ ■'N* • t LXVIIL ANTHONY VAN DYCK. B. 1599: D. 1641. THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 3 ft. 10 in. by 3 ft. si in. LXIX JACOB VAN DER ULFT. B. 1627 ; D. after 1688. ROMAN RUINS AND PROCESSION. Signed. Panel, oblong. Sight mea.siire, i ft. 3i in. by i ft. LXX. GERARD TERBURG. B. between 1614 and 1617; D. 1681. AN OFFICER WRITING ORDERS, AND A TRUMPETER. Signed. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 94 in. by i ft. 4I in. LXXI. NICOLAS BERCHEM. B. 1620; D. 1683. LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AND CATTLE: THE TEMPLE OF THE SIBYL. Signed. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 3 ft. 5 in. by 3 ft. oj- in. LXXII. PETER PAUL RUBENS. B. 1577; D. 1640. THE SHIPWRECK OF yENEAS ON THE STROPHADES. (VIRGIL, aENEII) HI.}. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. in. by 3 ft. 3^ in. LXXIII. JAN STEEN. B. about 1626: D. 1679. A CHRISTENING, WITH THE PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER. Signed. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, 2 ft. 9 in. by 3 ft. 3^ in. LXXIV. GERARD TERBURG. B. between 1614 and 1617; d. i68i. A LADY PLAYING A GUITAR, Signed. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 2 ft. i| in. by i ft. 8 LXXV, JAN WEEN IX. R. 1640 ; D. 1719. DEAD STAG, PARTRIDGES, ETC. Signed. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 3 ft. 11^ in. by 3 ft. 2^ in. LXXVI. ADRIAAN JANSZ VAN OSTADE. B. i6io ; D. 1685. COTTAGE YARD WITH PEASANT FAMILY. Signed and dated 1673. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 58 in. by i ft. in. Jf LXXVII, ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE. B. 1635 or 1636 ; u. 1672. LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE AND FIGURES. Signed and dated 1651. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. 9* LXXVIII. PIETER CORNELISZ VAN SLINGELANDT. B. 1640 ; D. 1691. A HERMIT READING. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 4f in. by i ft. 2 in. LX XIX. NICOLAS MAAS. B. 1632 ; D. 1693. A WOMAN PEELING APPLES. BY HER SIDE A SPINNING WHEEL. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 10 in. by i ft. 7I in. LXXX. JAN WEENIX. IE 1640: D. 1719. DOG, DEAD HARE, PEACOCK, ETC. Canvas, upright. Sight measure, 3 ft. 114 in. by 3 ft. c LXXXI. CORNELLS DLSART. R. 1660: D. 1704. COTTAGE DOOR AND YARD: BUYING VEGETABLES. Signed and dated 1684. Canvas, oblong. Sight measure, i ft. ii in. by 2 ft. i in. LXXXIl. GABRIEL METSU. B. 1630; D. 1667. A LADY SEATED HOLDING A MINIATURE. A PAGE POURING WATER INTO A BASIN. Signed (?). Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. in. by i ft. 41} in. LXXXIII. DOMINICL'S VAN TOL. B. between 1631 and 1642; d. 1676. INTERIOR OF A VILLAGE SCHOOL. Panel, upright. Sight measure, i ft. 94 in. by i ft. 5^ in. il(> ( a ' Civ' h (,•'< f ''-'( >< ■(■ ■>■ f( 'r s.