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Northern Baroque Splendor

The HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION from: LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vienna
  • 20.9.2014 – 20.9.2015

    Greenwich (CT), Bruce Museum

  • 20.9.2014 – 20.9.2015

    Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum

The HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION, a private collection of 98 masterpieces by Dutch, Flemish, German, Italian and Spanish painting, has been administered by the Princely Collections as a long-term loan since December 2007. From February 2008 selected works from this collection were included in a number of temporary exhibitions and have also augmented the permanent display at the Liechtenstein summer palace. The HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION was exhibited in its entirety in Vienna in 2011.

Following a temporary exhibition in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in 2013/14, selected masterpieces from this superb collection will be displayed at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, and afterwards at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio in 2014/15.

Frans Snyders (1579–1657), Still life with Fruit, dead Game, Vegetables, a live Monkey, Squirrel and Cat, c. 1635/40

One of the largest and most varied collections of Netherlandish Baroque painting assembled anywhere in recent decades will be on view at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, near New York, beginning this fall. The exhibition Northern Baroque Splendor. The HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION from: LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vienna will be displayed across multiple galleries from 20 September 2014 to 12 April 2015.

The HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION was assembled by Otto Christian and Renate Fassbender over a period of several decades and since 2007 has been administered as a long-term loan of the Princely Collections in Vienna, where it was exhibited in its entirety in the former LIECHTENSTEIN MUSEUM in 2011. The selective showing at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich is the show’s inaugural venue in the United States, where the collection will subsequently be shown at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio.

Primarily comprised of Dutch and Flemish seventeenth-century paintings, the collection exhibits all the naturalism and technical brilliance for which these schools are famous. While many modern collections of Old Masters specialize in a single style or subject matter, the HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION is admirable for offering examples of virtually all the genres produced by Lowland artists during the Baroque period – history paintings, genre, portraits, landscapes, marine pieces, still lifes and flower pieces, animal paintings and hunting scenes.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Portrait of a Capuchin Monk, c. 1635

“The Hohenbuchau Collection is remarkable for offering examples of virtually all the genres produced by Netherlandish Old Masters as well as rich diversity of size, format, and subject within each genre,” says Peter C. Sutton, Executive Director of the Bruce Museum and the organizer of the exhibition.

The exhibition includes works by some of the most important artists of the period, including the Utrecht Caravaggists Gerard von Honthorst and Hendrick ter Brugghen, the Leiden fijnschilder Gerard Dou, Frans and Willem van Mieris, the landscape painters Salomon van Ruysdael and Jacob van Ruisdael and the great Flemish masters Peter Paul Rubens and Jacob Jordaens. In addition, the HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION also holds ten paintings created in collaboration among artists of varying specialities.

Jan Brueghel der Jüngere (1601–1678); Hendrick van Balen (1575–1632), The Virgin and Child in a Landscape, c. 1626

“This show presents an exciting opportunity for us to display a collection of Old Master paintings of spectacular quality”, says Julie Aronson, curator at the Cincinnati Art Museum. “Baroque art is intended to evoke emotion by appealing to the senses with astounding realism and highlighting rich, dramatic details – and this art certainly does that. The masterpieces of the HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION not only open a window onto the culture of the seventeenth century, a crucial period of art history, but delight us with the artists’ masterful handling of color and light.”

Jacques Jordaens (1593–1678), The Holy Family with St Elizabeth and an Angel, c. 1617

The HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION was assembled by Otto Christian and Renate Fassbender over a period of several decades and since 2007 has been administered as a long-term loan of the Princely Collections in Vienna, where it was exhibited in its entirety in the former LIECHTENSTEIN MUSEUM in 2011. The selective showing in Cincinnati concludes the exhibition tour in the USA, where the collection was previously shown at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich.

Anthonis van Dyck (1599–1641), A Study of a Child´s Head, after 1622

Curator: Peter C. Sutton
Catalogue: The exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue of the collection in German and English, authored by Peter C. Sutton and published in 2011.

Exhibited objects

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Stillleben mit Fischen

Fish Still Life

Abraham van Beyeren
1655/1660

Stillleben mit Fischen

Fish Still Life

Abraham van Beyeren
1655/1660

Prunkstillleben

Banquet Still Life

Abraham van Beyeren
Mid 1660s

Prunkstillleben

Banquet Still Life

Abraham van Beyeren
Mid 1660s

Ruhe auf der Flucht nach Ägypten

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Abraham Bloemaert
1592

Ruhe auf der Flucht nach Ägypten

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Abraham Bloemaert
1592

Allegorie Afrikas (aus der Serie „Die vier Erdteile")

Allegory of Africa (from a Series of "The Four Parts of the World")

Jan Boeckhorst

Allegorie Afrikas (aus der Serie „Die vier Erdteile")

Allegory of Africa (from a Series of "The Four Parts of the World")

Jan Boeckhorst

Madonna mit Kind in einer Landschaft

The Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Jan Brueghel the Younger, Hendrick van Balen
around 1626

Madonna mit Kind in einer Landschaft

The Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Jan Brueghel the Younger, Hendrick van Balen
around 1626

Lachender Vagabund mit seinem Hund (Diogenes?)

A Laughing Bravo with his Dog (Diogenes?)

Hendrick ter Brugghen
1628

Lachender Vagabund mit seinem Hund (Diogenes?)

A Laughing Bravo with his Dog (Diogenes?)

Hendrick ter Brugghen
1628

Die Katze auf der Pirsch

A Stalking Cat

David de Coninck

Die Katze auf der Pirsch

A Stalking Cat

David de Coninck

Die reuige Maria Magdalena

The Penitent Mary Magdalene

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
1613

Die reuige Maria Magdalena

The Penitent Mary Magdalene

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
1613

Waldlandschaft mit Reisenden, Holzfällern, Vogelnesträubern und Fernblick auf Huis ten Bosch

A Wooded Landscape with Travellers, Woodcutters and Bird Nesters, with a View of the Huis ten Bosch

Anthony Jansz. van der Croos
3rd quarter 18th century

Waldlandschaft mit Reisenden, Holzfällern, Vogelnesträubern und Fernblick auf Huis ten Bosch

A Wooded Landscape with Travellers, Woodcutters and Bird Nesters, with a View of the Huis ten Bosch

Anthony Jansz. van der Croos
3rd quarter 18th century

Flussmündung mit holländischen Schiffen bei steifer Brise vor einer Mole

An Estuary with Dutch Vessels in a Stiff Breeze off a Jetty

Pieter van der Croos
165(5) (?)

Flussmündung mit holländischen Schiffen bei steifer Brise vor einer Mole

An Estuary with Dutch Vessels in a Stiff Breeze off a Jetty

Pieter van der Croos
165(5) (?)

Der scheue kleine Jäger (Porträt eines jungen Knaben mit Regenpfeifer)

The Shy little Hunter (Portrait Of A Young Boy Holding A Plover)

Aelbert Cuyp
1655 (?)

Der scheue kleine Jäger (Porträt eines jungen Knaben mit Regenpfeifer)

The Shy little Hunter (Portrait Of A Young Boy Holding A Plover)

Aelbert Cuyp
1655 (?)

Der Weinkeller (Allegorie des Winters)

The Wine Cellar (An Allegory of Winter)

Gerard Dou

Der Weinkeller (Allegorie des Winters)

The Wine Cellar (An Allegory of Winter)

Gerard Dou

Schlafende Frau

A Woman Asleep

Gerard Dou

Schlafende Frau

A Woman Asleep

Gerard Dou

Stillleben mit Steinzeugkrug und Raucherutensilien auf einem Fass

A Still Life with Stoneware Jug and Smoking Requisites on a Barrel

Holland, middle 17th century
Middle 17th century

Stillleben mit Steinzeugkrug und Raucherutensilien auf einem Fass

A Still Life with Stoneware Jug and Smoking Requisites on a Barrel

Holland, middle 17th century
Middle 17th century

Skandinavische Landschaft mit Wasserfall

Scandinavian Landscape with a Waterfall

Allart van Everdingen
3rd quarter 18th century

Skandinavische Landschaft mit Wasserfall

Scandinavian Landscape with a Waterfall

Allart van Everdingen
3rd quarter 18th century

Die Grossmut des Scipio

The Continence of Scipio

Frans Francken the Younger, Hans III. Jordaens
After 1621

Die Grossmut des Scipio

The Continence of Scipio

Frans Francken the Younger, Hans III. Jordaens
After 1621

Stillleben mit totem Rebhuhn, Fasan und Jagdausrüstung

A Still Life with Dead Partridge, Pheasant, and Hunting Gear

Hendrik de Fromantiou
1670

Stillleben mit totem Rebhuhn, Fasan und Jagdausrüstung

A Still Life with Dead Partridge, Pheasant, and Hunting Gear

Hendrik de Fromantiou
1670

Stillleben mit Früchten, erlegtem Wild und einer Katze

A Still Life with Fruit, Dead Game and a Cat

Jan Fyt
1642

Stillleben mit Früchten, erlegtem Wild und einer Katze

A Still Life with Fruit, Dead Game and a Cat

Jan Fyt
1642

Der Becher des Benjamin (Juda fleht Josef an)

Benjamin's Cup (Judah Pleading with Joseph)

Arent de Gelder

Der Becher des Benjamin (Juda fleht Josef an)

Benjamin's Cup (Judah Pleading with Joseph)

Arent de Gelder

Flusslandschaft mit Kirchdorf

A River Landscape with a Parish Church

Jan van Goyen
1651

Flusslandschaft mit Kirchdorf

A River Landscape with a Parish Church

Jan van Goyen
1651

Das Gebet vor dem Mahl  (Maria und der junge Christus im Gebet)

Prayer before the Meal (Mary and the Young Christ at Prayer)

Pieter de Grebber
1633

Das Gebet vor dem Mahl  (Maria und der junge Christus im Gebet)

Prayer before the Meal (Mary and the Young Christ at Prayer)

Pieter de Grebber
1633

Jagdbeute in einer Abendlandschaft

The Trophy of the Hunt in an Evening Landscape

Pieter Gysels

Jagdbeute in einer Abendlandschaft

The Trophy of the Hunt in an Evening Landscape

Pieter Gysels

Stillleben mit Römer auf einem Orientteppich

A Still Life with a Roemer on an Oriental Carpet

Abraham van der Hecken
1653

Stillleben mit Römer auf einem Orientteppich

A Still Life with a Roemer on an Oriental Carpet

Abraham van der Hecken
1653

Hamilkar führt den jungen Hannibal zum Opferaltar der Hekate

Hamilcar Presenting the Infant Hannibal to Sacrifice at the Altar of Hecate

Johann Heiss

Hamilkar führt den jungen Hannibal zum Opferaltar der Hekate

Hamilcar Presenting the Infant Hannibal to Sacrifice at the Altar of Hecate

Johann Heiss

Der Schwur des neunjährigen Hannibal

Nine-Year-Old Hannibal Swearing his Enmity towards Rome before the Altar of Hecate

Johann Heiss

Der Schwur des neunjährigen Hannibal

Nine-Year-Old Hannibal Swearing his Enmity towards Rome before the Altar of Hecate

Johann Heiss

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