RKD STUDIES

The Big Picture : Collecting Dutch and Flemish Art in Germany 1600–1850

• Preface
• Introduction

1. Collecting Netherlandish Tapestry in Germany during the 16th Century

• 1.1 Electors of Saxony
• 1.2 Electors of the Palatinate
• 1.3 Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
• 1.4 Christoph I, Duke of Württemberg
• 1.5 Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria
• 1.6 Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg

2. Jürgen Ovens (1623–1678) as an Art Agent for the Dukes of Gottorf

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Ovens and Gerrit Uylenburgh in the Gottorf Account Books
• 2.3 Unspecified Artworks
• 2.4 Ovens’ Large Room with Art
• 2.5 Concluding Remarks

3. Praising and Pricing : Wilhelm VIII von Hessen-Kassel as Collector of Rembrandt

• 3.1 34 Rembrandts for Kassel
• 3.2 Subsidies for Art?
• 3.3 1750 – The Decisive Year
• 3.4 Last Acquisitions
• 3.5 Reconstruction of the Hanging

4. The Art Collection of Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg (1683-1756): a Showcase Example

• 4.1 Background
• 4.2 Acquiring Art
• 4.3 The Shape of the Collection
• 4.4 The Collection and the Canon of Art

5. Netherlandish Art as a Driving Force: the collection of Felix Sekerka von Sedcic, Count of Wrschowetz (1654–1720)

• 5.1 The Wrschowetz Collection
• 5.2 Comparison with other Bohemian Art Collections
• 5.3 Symmetrical Arrangement of the Picture Gallery
• 5.4 Counterpart Paintings or Companion Pieces by Contemporary Artists
• 5.5 Conclusion

6. Christian Seybold Emulating Masters of the Low Countries

• 6.1 Horst Gerson and Christian Seybold
• 6.2 Status Quaestionis: Seybold’s Biography and Œuvre
• 6.3 Emulating Rubens, Van Dyck, ‘Spagnoletto’ and Rembrandt
• 6.4 A Painter, a Palette, a Paper, and a Magnifier
• 6.5 Concluding Remarks

7. Collecting Netherlandish Versus Italian Painting: A Letter from 1756 by the Art Dealer Gerard Hoet II

• 7.1 The Rising Popularity of Small-Format Netherlandish Paintings
• 7.2 Hoet, Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel and Tallard
• 7.3 Innovative Auction Catalogues
• 7.4 Appendix

8. Connoisseurship as a Parlour Game – An Anecdote by Wilhelm Tischbein

• 8.1 Rembrandt or Wouwerman?
• 8.2 Wouwerman in the Lubbeling Collection
• 8.3 Connoisseurship

9. Dutch and Flemish Paintings in Johann Valentin Prehn’s Miniature Cabinet

• 9.1 Johann Valentin Prehn: Confectioner, Artist, Collector
• 9.2 The Confectioner’s Paintings and their Provenance
• 9.3 German Paintings in the ‘Dutch Style’
• 9.4 Dutch and Flemish Paintings

10. Dr. Josef Hoser (1770‒1848) : Collector, Art Lover and Scientist

• 10.1 The Emergence of a Collector
• 10.2 The Organization and Documentation of Hoser’s Collection
• 10.3 Dutch and Flemish Paintings
• 10.4 German, Austrian and Bohemian Paintings

Bibliography

• Bibliography A — B
• Bibliography C — F
• Bibliography G — H
• Bibliography I — M
• Bibliography N — S
• Bibliography T — Z

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