A Collector's Gallery
Cornelis I. de Baellieur (1607–1671)
c. 1640
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The “Gallery of a Collector” was painted in the ambit of the numerous gallery interiors that culminated in the works of Frans Francken II in the first half of the seventeenth century. Begun as displays of wealth and status for patrons, who wished to document and show off their rich collections, the gallery painting soon established itself as a sought-after collector’s object in its own right. The criterion of quality was not so much authenticity as imaginativeness in making a panopticon of famous or freely invented works.
Nonetheless, even gallery paintings unconnected to particular collections provide important evidence of contemporary forms and modes of display. Here the paintings are densely hung, covering the walls right up to the coffered wooden ceiling. Prominent places in the room, for example the cornice above the Baroque portal, are occupied by sculptures. The large antique-style bronzes to the left and right of the fireplace attest to the status that bronzes had assumed in collections.
- Material/technique
- Oil on panel
- Measurements
- 116 × 148 cm
- Lender
- Private collection, on permanent loan to LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz−Vienna
- Artists/makers/authors
- Cornelis I. de Baellieur
- Inventory number
- G 28
- Provenance
- First mentioned in the catalogue of the Schönborn-Buchheim Collection by Johann Balthasar Gutwein in 1746
- Iconography
- Interior
Ch. Vitali, Markus Kersting, Ausst.-Kat. Barocke Sammellust. Die Sammlung Schönborn-Buchheim, Wolfratshausen 2003, S. 108 u. 284, Abb. S. 109
Johann Kräftner, Ein Spiegelbild barocker Sammellust. Die Sammlung Schönborn-Buchheim, in: Parnass 02 2005, S. 2-9, Abb. S. 5
Ausst.-Kat. Rubens, Van Dyck and the Flemish School of Painting. Masterpieces from the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein (Book Series for the National Museum of China International Exchange), Lu Zhangshen (Hg.), National Museum of China, Beijing 5.11.2013–15.2.2014, erschienen Beijing 2013, S. 58, 61, Abb. 60, Kat. 9
Ausst.-Kat. Rubens, Van Dyck and the Flemish School of Painting. Masterpieces from the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein, Shi Dawei (Hg.), China Art Museum, Shanghai 12.3.2014–2.6.2014, erschienen Shanghai 2014, S. 104–105, Kat.-Nr. 9
Ausst.-Kat. Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens... Meisterwerke der Flämischen Malerei aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, Staatliches Museum für Bildende Künste A. S. Puschkin, Moskau 19.6.2014–19.10.2014, erschienen Wien–Moskau 2014, S. 112-117, Abb. 113, 115, Kat. 2
Ausst.-Kat. Rubens and Other Masters. Paintings, Sculptures and Objects of the Prince of Liechtenstein, National Museum of Korea, Seoul 12.12.2015–10.4.2016, erschienen Seoul 2015, S. 221, Kat.-Nr. 22
Ausst.-Kat. Liechtenstein. Die Fürstlichen Sammlungen, Regula Berger, Matthias Frehner und Rainer Lawicki (Hg.), Kunstmuseum, Bern 12.11.2016–19.3.2017, erschienen München 2016, S. 250, Kat.-Nr. 139
Ausst.-Kat. Barock. Zeitalter der Kontraste, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum (Hg.), Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zürich 16.9.2022–15.1.2023, erschienen Basel 2022, S. 164–165, Kat.-Nr. 72
Ausst.-Kat. Gegossen für die Ewigkeit. Die Bronzen der Fürsten von Liechtenstein. Eine Ausstellung in der Reihe MÄRZ IM PALAIS im Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, Alexandra Hanzl, Johann Kräftner, Katharina Leithner, Arthur Stögmann, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, Wien 1.–31.3.2023, erschienen Wien 2023, S. 190–191, Kat.-Nr. 80
Ausst.-Kat. Von 0 auf 100. Residenzgalerie Salzburg 1923–2023, Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Astrid Ducke, Thomas Habersatter (Hg.), Residenzgalerie/Domquartier, Salzburg 7.7.2023–13.5.2024, erschienen Salzburg 2023, S. 240–241