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LES COLLECTIONS DU PRINCE DE LIECHTENSTEIN Cranach, Raphaël, Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Vernet, Hubert Robert, Vigée-Lebrun

Special Exhibition in Aix-en-Provence 2015/16
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  • 7.11.2015 – 28.3.2016

    Aix en Provence, Hotel de Caumont

The Princes of Liechtenstein have been great lovers and connoisseurs of art since the sixteenth century. Recently the finest objects from the collection’s holdings were shown in exhibitions in Japan (Tokyo, Kochi, Kyoto), Singapore, China (Beijing, Shanghai), Moscow and Taiwan (Taipei). From November 2015 masterpieces from the collections will be displayed at the Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence in a world-class exhibition.

Fifty princely masterpieces on display in France

Today the Princely Collections are still one of the most important and at the same time most vibrant collections in private hands. Hans-Adam II, owner of the collections and ruling Prince of Liechtenstein, is steadily extending the holdings on the basis of an on-going acquisitions policy in keeping with the centuries-old tradition of his forebears. Dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, the works on display at the Caumont Centre d’Art illustrate the artistic tastes of the Princely Family.


Giovanni Battista Moroni (um 1521/24–1580), Portrait of Prospero Alessandri, c. 1560

Tour of the exhibition

The exhibition at the Caumont Centre d’Art begins with treasures from the early Renaissance, a period in which the late medieval artistic forms of expression underwent a change, as demonstrated here by examples of major importance. The wonderful Venus (1531) of Lukas Cranach the Elder and his St Christopher already have a very natural physical presence, foreshadowing future developments in painting. The painters of that time increasingly turned their attention to the portrayal of human beings, putting the individual in the foreground, as attested by the Portrait of a Man (c. 1502–1504) by Raphael or the Tax Collectors by Quentin Massys. It is particularly in the genre of Renaissance portraiture that the Princely Collections possess superb recently acquired works, some of which have never been shown in public before, including examples by Jan Gossaert, Alonso Sanchez Coello, Rosso Fiorentino and Antonis Mor. The art of the sixteenth century concludes in this section with a Mannerist painting by Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (St Sebastian, 1591).

Peter Paul Rubens was one of the foremost painters of his time. The exhibition contains a number of his works including the masterly painting Mars and Rhea Silvia (c. 1616/17), which has been in the collections since 1710 and can be admired side by side with the oil sketch on which it is based, a work acquired in 1977. In addition, the unique Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens (1611–1623) (1616) gives a wholly personal insight into the way this great master of the Flemish Baroque worked.

During the seventeenth century, genres that had hitherto been disregarded were accorded new value or even became established for the first time, including landscape painting as a genre in its own right, genre scenes from daily life and the still life. The Princely Collections also possess treasures from these fields: an early work by Rembrandt, Cupid with the Soap Bubble, and still lifes in the best tradition of Flemish painting, displayed alongside some of the finest portraiture of the time by Frans Hals and Anthony van Dyck.

The penultimate section of the exhibition is devoted to the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Capriccio with the Principal Monuments and Sculptures of Ancient Rome, 1735) and Hubert Robert (Capriccio with the Pantheon and the Porto di Ripetta, 1761) created monumental landscapes and urban vedutas into which they integrated historic edifices from classical times. By contrast, Joseph Vernet preferred to place his Bathers in a more exotic setting observed faithfully from nature.

The exhibition concludes with an evocation of the aristocratic milieu in Vienna during the eighteenth and nineteenth century, with insights into the world of Neoclassicism and Biedermeier. Portraits by the French artist Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, who was commissioned by Prince Alois I von Liechtenstein to paint a likeness of his wife as Iris, the messenger of the gods, together with a charming depiction of the future emperor Franz Joseph I as a miniature grenadier playing with his toy soldiers stand for the beginning of an epoch that was to be of decisive political and artistic importance.

The exhibition is divided into ten subject areas which among many other aspects also provide the visitor with insights into the history of the family and the collections of one of Europe’s foremost noble dynasties.

The Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence

Erected in the eighteenth century, the Hôtel de Caumont reopened on 6 May 2015 following complete restoration with a high-calibre exhibition on Canaletto. As one of France’s important cultural monuments, it housed the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud until 2013 before being taken over by the institution culturespaces. The Hôtel de Caumont is now run as an exhibition venue under the name Caumont Centre d’Art.

Aix-en-Provence, Hôtel de Caumont

Organizer: culturespaces
Concept: Dr Johann Kräftner, Director, LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna
Catalogue: The exhibition is accompanied by a French-language catalogue

Exhibited objects

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Porträt der Clara Serena Rubens, der Tochter des Künstlers (1611–1623)

Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens, the Artist's Daughter (1611–1623)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1616

Porträt der Clara Serena Rubens, der Tochter des Künstlers (1611–1623)

Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens, the Artist's Daughter (1611–1623)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1616

Porträt der Maria de Tassis (1611–1638)

Portrait of Maria de Tassis (1611–1638)

Anthony van Dyck
c. 1629/30

Porträt der Maria de Tassis (1611–1638)

Portrait of Maria de Tassis (1611–1638)

Anthony van Dyck
c. 1629/30

Interieur im Wohnhaus des Fürsten von Liechtenstein an der Jägerzeile in Wien

Interior in the Liechtenstein Residence on Jägerzeile in Vienna

Rudolf von Alt
1845

Interieur im Wohnhaus des Fürsten von Liechtenstein an der Jägerzeile in Wien

Interior in the Liechtenstein Residence on Jägerzeile in Vienna

Rudolf von Alt
1845

Ansicht von Schloss Eisgrub vor dem neugotischen Umbau

View of Schloss Eisgrub (Lednice) before the Gothic Revival remodelling

Rudolf von Alt
c. 1830

Ansicht von Schloss Eisgrub vor dem neugotischen Umbau

View of Schloss Eisgrub (Lednice) before the Gothic Revival remodelling

Rudolf von Alt
c. 1830

Mars und Rhea Silvia

Mars and Rhea Silvia

Sir Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1616/17

Mars und Rhea Silvia

Mars and Rhea Silvia

Sir Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1616/17

Die Liechtensteinischen Kronjuwelen mit dem Herzogshut

The Liechtenstein Crown Jewels and Ducal Coronet

Vienna, 1756
1756

Die Liechtensteinischen Kronjuwelen mit dem Herzogshut

The Liechtenstein Crown Jewels and Ducal Coronet

Vienna, 1756
1756

Amor mit Seifenblase

Cupid with the Soap Bubble

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1634

Amor mit Seifenblase

Cupid with the Soap Bubble

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1634

Landschaft mit römischen Ruinen

Landscape with Roman Ruins

Herman Posthumus
1536

Landschaft mit römischen Ruinen

Landscape with Roman Ruins

Herman Posthumus
1536

Kopfstudie eines bärtigen Mannes

Head study of a bearded man

Sir Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1612

Kopfstudie eines bärtigen Mannes

Head study of a bearded man

Sir Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1612

Porträt eines Mannes

Portrait of a Man

Raphael
c. 1500/02

Porträt eines Mannes

Portrait of a Man

Raphael
c. 1500/02

Herkules am Scheidewege

Hercules at the Crossroads

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
1748

Herkules am Scheidewege

Hercules at the Crossroads

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
1748

Venus überreicht Aeneas die Waffen des Vulkan

Venus Presenting Aeneas with Armour Forged by Vulcan

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
1748

Venus überreicht Aeneas die Waffen des Vulkan

Venus Presenting Aeneas with Armour Forged by Vulcan

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
1748

Der heilige Hieronymus

St Jerome

Anthony van Dyck
c. 1615/16

Der heilige Hieronymus

St Jerome

Anthony van Dyck
c. 1615/16

Die Steuereintreiber

The Tax Collectors

Quentin Massys
late 1520s

Die Steuereintreiber

The Tax Collectors

Quentin Massys
late 1520s

Mars und Rhea Silvia (Modello)

Mars and Rhea Silvia (modello)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1616/17

Mars und Rhea Silvia (Modello)

Mars and Rhea Silvia (modello)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1616/17

Porträt der Prinzessin Marie Franziska von Liechtenstein (1834–1909) im Alter von zwei Jahren

Portrait of Princess Marie Franziska von Liechtenstein (1834–1909) at the Age of Two

Friedrich von Amerling
1836

Porträt der Prinzessin Marie Franziska von Liechtenstein (1834–1909) im Alter von zwei Jahren

Portrait of Princess Marie Franziska von Liechtenstein (1834–1909) at the Age of Two

Friedrich von Amerling
1836

Porträt eines Mannes

Portrait of a Man

Frans Hals
c. 1650/52

Porträt eines Mannes

Portrait of a Man

Frans Hals
c. 1650/52

Die Reistenkolonnade bei Feldsberg

The Colonnade on the Reistenberg at Feldsberg (Valtice)

Ferdinand Runk
1817

Die Reistenkolonnade bei Feldsberg

The Colonnade on the Reistenberg at Feldsberg (Valtice)

Ferdinand Runk
1817

Blick von der Terrasse des Palais Rasumofsky in Wien gegen die Donau

View from the Terrace of Palais Rasumofsky in Vienna towards the River Danube

Josef Höger
after 1837

Blick von der Terrasse des Palais Rasumofsky in Wien gegen die Donau

View from the Terrace of Palais Rasumofsky in Vienna towards the River Danube

Josef Höger
after 1837

Capriccio mit dem Pantheon vor dem Hafen der Ripetta

Capriccio with the Pantheon before the Porto di Ripetta

Hubert Robert
1761

Capriccio mit dem Pantheon vor dem Hafen der Ripetta

Capriccio with the Pantheon before the Porto di Ripetta

Hubert Robert
1761

Die Kolonnade bei Adamsthal

The Colonnade at Adamsthal (Adamov)

Ferdinand Runk
1815

Die Kolonnade bei Adamsthal

The Colonnade at Adamsthal (Adamov)

Ferdinand Runk
1815

Blick aus dem Saal im 1. Stock des Grenzschlosses über die Terrasse auf den Bischofswarther Teich

View from the Hall on the First Floor of the Grenzschloss, Looking across the Terrace to Bischofswarth Pond

Josef Höger
1839

Blick aus dem Saal im 1. Stock des Grenzschlosses über die Terrasse auf den Bischofswarther Teich

View from the Hall on the First Floor of the Grenzschloss, Looking across the Terrace to Bischofswarth Pond

Josef Höger
1839

Porträt des späteren Kaisers Franz Joseph I. von Österreich (1830–1916) als Grenadier mit Spielzeugsoldaten

Portrait of the future Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916) as a Grenadier with Toy Soldiers

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
1832

Porträt des späteren Kaisers Franz Joseph I. von Österreich (1830–1916) als Grenadier mit Spielzeugsoldaten

Portrait of the future Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916) as a Grenadier with Toy Soldiers

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
1832

Porträt des Prinzen Don Diego, Sohn König Philipps II. von Spanien und Königin Annas von Österreich

Portrait of Don Diego, Son of King Philip II of Spain and Queen Anna of Austria

Alonso Sánchez Coello
1577

Porträt des Prinzen Don Diego, Sohn König Philipps II. von Spanien und Königin Annas von Österreich

Portrait of Don Diego, Son of King Philip II of Spain and Queen Anna of Austria

Alonso Sánchez Coello
1577

Christus als Schmerzensmann

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Naddo Ceccarelli
c. 1347

Christus als Schmerzensmann

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Naddo Ceccarelli
c. 1347

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