Collector
Thomas Hope
1769–1831 · United Kingdom
London collector who in 1801 bought two-thirds of Sir William Hamilton's second collection of Greek vases; Hope heirlooms from Deepdene were sold at Christie's in 1917.
Biography
Thomas Hope bought the remaining two-thirds of Sir William Hamilton's second collection of Greek vases in 1801 for 4,500 guineas1. Hamilton's second collection had been shipped home in 1798 on the Colossus, which was wrecked off the Scilly Isles1. Hope was the eldest son of an Amsterdam merchant. He moved to England in 1796 when the French occupied Holland and housed his vases in his house in Duchess Street, London1. Wikidata gives his birth as 30 August 1769 in Amsterdam, where the Hope vases catalogue says 1770, and his death as 3 February 1831 in London1,3.
A portion of the Hope heirlooms removed from Deepdene, with Greek, Roman and Egyptian sculpture and Greek vases, was sold at Christie's in 19172. No Cypriot object is recorded as bought by Thomas Hope himself.
Life and work
- 1796Migrated to England after the French occupied Holland; housed his vases and works of art in his Duchess Street house, London.
- 1801Bought the remaining two-thirds of Sir William Hamilton's second vase collection (saved from the wreck of the Colossus) for 4500 guineas.
Through their hands
2 records- 1796Transfer
TransferThomas Hope acquired the statue of Dionysos from Vincenzo Pacetti in 1796.
Received objects from Vincenzo PacettiPicón et al. 2007, p. 490
- n.d.Collection
CollectionThomas Hope amassed one of the finest collections of antiquities in England.
collection of antiquitiesPicón et al. 2007, p. 490
Connections
3 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Bought from Vincenzo Pacettistatue of Dionysos Carlos A. Picon et al., 2007, Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome, p. 4901796
- Received objects from Vincenzo PacettiThomas Hope acquired the statue of Dionysos from Vincenzo Pacetti in 1796. Picón et al. 2007, p. 4901796
- Bought from Sir William Hamiltonsecond Hamilton collection of vases 1923, The Hope vases: a catalogue and a discussion of the Hope Collection of Greek vases, with an introduction on the history of the collection and on late Attic and South Italian vases, leaf 16; Catalogue of the celebrated collection of Greek, Roman & Egyptian sculpture and ancient Greek vases, being a portion of the Hope Heirlooms removed from Deepdene (1917-07-23), p. 41801
Family
- Left property to Henry Thomas HopeHope collection of Greek vases The Hope vases : a catalogue and a discussion of the Hope Collection of Greek vases, with an introduction on the history of the collection and on late Attic and (1923)1831–1862
- Parent of Henry Thomas Hopepossibly1923, The Hope vases: a catalogue and a discussion of the Hope Collection of Greek vases, with an introduction on the history of the collection and on late Attic and South Italian vases, leaf 16
Objects
Greek vases from Sir William Hamilton's second collection (Hope vases)
1801
Mentioned in
5 mentionsDocuments · 2
- Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome
Collected · 2007 · p. 490
Thomas Hope amassed one of the finest collections of antiquities in England.
Picón et al. 2007
- Classical Sculpture: Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Romano 2006
- People · 3listed under Connections
Sources
- 1. (1923). The Hope vases: a catalogue and a discussion of the Hope Collection of Greek vases, with an introduction on the history of the collection and on late Attic and South Italian vases.
- 2.Christie's (1917). Catalogue of the celebrated collection of Greek, Roman & Egyptian sculpture and ancient Greek vases, being a portion of the Hope Heirlooms removed from Deepdene. Online
- 3.Thomas Hope (1769-1831), Wikidata Q1308730. Online
- 4.Irene Bald Romano (2006). Classical Sculpture: Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
- 5.Carlos A. Picon et al. (2007). Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome.
- 6.Carlos A. Picón, Joan R. Mertens, Elizabeth J. Milleker, Christopher S. Lightfoot et al. (2007). Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome. New York; New Haven and London, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press.
- 7.The Hope vases : a catalogue and a discussion of the Hope Collection of Greek vases, with an introduction on the history of the collection and on late Attic and (1923).
- 8.1923, The Hope vases: a catalogue and a discussion of the Hope Collection of Greek vases, with an introduction on the history of the collection and on late Attic and South Italian vases, leaf 16.
- 9.Carlos A. Picon et al., 2007, Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome.
- 10.Catalogue of the celebrated collection of Greek, Roman & Egyptian sculpture and ancient Greek vases, being a portion of the Hope Heirlooms removed from Deepdene (1917-07-23). Online
- 11.Carlos A. Picón et al., 2007, Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome.
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