George Frideric Handel's art collection
George Frideric Handel 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.[1] He owned a large art collection consisting of at least seventy paintings and ten prints,[1] including landscapes; ruins; hunting, historical, marine and battle scenes; erotica; and a few Biblical paintings and portraits.
Auction Notice (Daily Advertiser, 28 February 1760) for the sale of Handel's art collection
Artworks
The paintings and prints in Handel's collection (that weren't bequeathed in his will) were auctioned by Abraham Langford[2] a little over ten months after his death (the auction catalogue was dated 27–28 February 1760).[3]
Auction
The auction of Handel's art collection occurred on 28 February 1760. The sale catalogue listed the following items:[3]
| Lot | Genre | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorigny, N. | Eight of the planets | |
| 2 | Solimene | The flight into Egypt, and 8 others | |
| 3 | Dorigny, N. | Seven prints of the Angels and Crucifixion | |
| 4 | Poussin, N. | Eight landscapes | |
| 5 | Lambert and Scott | Six sea pieces | |
| 6 | Goupy | Four landscapes (after Poussin, etc.) | |
| 7 | Dorigny, N. | Four views of Malta, and 3 others | |
| 8 | Goupy | Eight landscapes (after Sal. Rosa) | |
| 9 | Goupy | Rubens stag-hunting, and 5 others | |
| 10 | Map | — | Eight maps on rollers |
| 11 | Frame | — | Two burnished gold frames |
| 12 | Painting | Unknown | Two door pieces (after Servandoni), and 2 others |
| 13 | Painting | Vandiest | A landscape with buildings |
| 13 | Painting | Mompert | A small landscape |
| 13 | Painting | Percelles | A sea piece |
| 14 | Painting | Unknown | A Dutch conversation (in the style of Ostade) |
| 14 | Painting | Unknown | A landscape (in the style of Housman) |
| 14 | Painting | Unknown | Two portraits |
| 15 | Painting | Pellegrini | Two history pieces |
| 16 | Painting | Ardine | Two flower pieces |
| 16 | Painting | Montingo | One flower piece |
| 17 | Painting | Percelles | A fresh gale |
| 17 | Painting | Unknown | A calm |
| 17 | Painting | Unknown | Two others |
| 18 | Painting | van Bassen, Ab. | A Town on Fire |
| 18 | Painting | Vandiest | A Landscape |
| 18 | Painting | Vandiest | Two heads in one picture |
| 19 | Painting | Teniers, D. | A conversation of Boors |
| 20 | Painting | Angeles | Two monkeys in friars habits |
| 20 | Painting | Vangoen | A small landscape |
| 21 | Painting | Mola, Fr. | Narcissus in a landscape |
| 21 | Painting | Unknown | A man playing on a German flute (in the style of Titian) |
| 22 | Painting | Ardine | A flower piece |
| 22 | Painting | Unknown | A landscape |
| 23 | Painting | Unknown | Two landscapes |
| 24 | Painting | Griffier, Jan ("Old") | A landscape and cattle (after Berghem) |
| 24 | Painting | Ruysdael, Sol. | A landscape and cattle |
| 25 | Painting | Servandoni | A piece of ruins |
| 26 | Painting | Pellegrini | Sampson and Dalilah |
| 27 | Painting | Unknown | A head (in the style of Rembrandt) |
| 28 | Painting | Watteau | A conversation |
| 29 | Painting | Watteau | Companion to "A conversation" |
| 30 | Painting | Unknown | Jupiter and Leda (in water colours) |
| 31 | Painting | Unknown | Jupiter and Danaë (Companion to "Juptier and Leda") |
| 32 | Painting | Mompert | A landscape |
| 33 | Painting | Andrea, S. | A lamp-light |
| 34 | Painting | Unknown | The Rape of Proserpine |
| 35 | Painting | Goupy | Hagar and Ishmael |
| 36 | Painting | Parrocelle | A landscape with a bridge |
| 36 | Painting | Parrocelle | The finding of Moses |
| 37 | Painting | Cantarini | Two Angels heads in an oval, and its companion |
| 38 | Painting | Swanevelt | A landscape |
| 39 | Painting | Wooton | A sun-set |
| 40 | Painting | Poussin, N. | A landscape |
| 41 | Painting | Horizonti | An upright landscape |
| 42 | Painting | Horizonti | Companion to "An upright landscape" |
| 43 | Painting | Goupy | Belisarius (after van Dyck), in water colours |
| 44 | Painting | Michau | An upright landscape |
| 45 | Painting | Hondius | An upright landscape with Vulcan's forge |
| 46 | Painting | Savory, Rowland | A landscape (Roelant Savery?) |
| 47 | Painting | Unknown | Jupiter and Iö, in water colours |
| 48 | Painting | Unknown | Jupiter and Ixion (companion to Jupiter and Iö) |
| 49 | Painting | Hondius | A hunting piece |
| 50 | Painting | Horizonti | A landscape |
| 51 | Painting | Ricci, M. | A landscape and buildings, in water colours |
| 52 | Painting | Ricci, M. | A landscape and buildings |
| 53 | Painting | Ricci, M. | A landscape and buildings (small) |
| 54 | Painting | Unknown | A large piece of architecture and tuins (after Panini) |
| 55 | Painting | Poussin, N. | The siege of Troy |
| 56 | Painting | Tillemans | Two battle pieces |
| 57 | Painting | Brueghell? | A small landscape |
| 58 | Painting | Goupy | Mucius Scaevola |
| 59 | Painting | Andrea del Sarto | Venus with her Attendants |
| 60 | Painting | Ferg | A landscape and figures, on copper |
| 61 | Painting | Ferg | Companion to "A landscape and figures" |
| 62 | Painting | Lucatelli | A landscape |
| 63 | Painting | Cannaletti | The Doge's palace |
| 64 | Painting | Poelenburgh | Bacchus and Ariadne |
| 65 | Painting | Ricci, Seb. | Venus and Adonis |
| 66 | Painting | Capriacci | Venus and Cupid (in an oval) |
| 67 | Painting | Servandoni | A large piece of ruins and figures |
References
- Thomas McGeary in: "Handel as art collector: art, connoisseurship and taste in Hanoverian Britain", Early Music (2009) 37(4): 533
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Frick Art Reference Library search
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