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Albert Hecht

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Albert Hecht (Brussels, 2 July 1842 - Paris, 21 August 1889) was a French banker, dealer and art collector, considered one of the leading Impressionist collectors of the time.[1][2][3]

Early life

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Hecht was born in Brussels to Maurice Hecht (born in Bad Dürkheim in 1814 and died in Paris in 1891), also an art collector, and his wife, Jeanne Kohn. Hecht had two brothers Myrtil and Henri. He and Henri built a private collection of hundreds of artworks, mainly Impressionist.

Hecht was friends with Édouard Manet, who art he also collected. He also befriended Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.[4]

Hecht died at the age of 47 in Paris. He bequeathed his large private collection to his daughter Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli. The latter had married the well-known French architect Emmanuel Pontremoli.[5]

Collection Hecht

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The collection contains paintings purchased by brothers Albert and Henri Hecht.[6]

Van Oostsanen

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  • Jacob Pijnssen, executed in 1514 by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen currently preserved at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe.[7]

Flinck

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  • Ritratto di un uomo barbuto in busto, executed in 1638 by Govert Flinck currently held in a private collection.[8]

Van der Werff

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  • Ritratto di una donna nelle vesti di Diana, executed in 1686 by Adriaen van der Werff currently held in a private collection.[9]

Fragonard

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  • The Procuress, executed in 1770 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard currently preserved at the Fondazione Jan Krugier.[10]
  • Susannah e gli anziani, executed in 1776 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard currently held in a private collection.[11]

Delacroix

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  • Cristo sul mare di Galilea, executed in 1852 by Eugène Delacroix currently housed in the Emil Bührle Collection.[12]
  • Saada, la moglie Abraham Ben-Chimol, e Préciada, una delle loro figlie, performed in 1832 by Eugène Delacroix currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[13]

Daumier

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Gonzales

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Monet

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  • Vista di un porto, eseguito da Claude Monet nel 1871 attualmente conservato presso una collezione privata.

Corot

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Courbet

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  • Madame Auguste Cuoq,1852, by Gustave Courbet, currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[20]
  • Le Rut du printemps. Combat de cerfs,1861, by Gustave Courbet, currently in the Musée d'Orsay.[21]
  • Gustave Courbet, The Spring Carriageway. The Struggle of the Stags, 1861[22]
  • Rocky Edges of la Loue, executed in 1864 by Gustave Courbet, now in a private collection.[23]
  • The Waterfall, executed in 1874 by Gustave Courbet, currently held in a private collection.[24]
  • The Source of the Lison, executed in 1864 by Gustave Courbet, currently in the Berlin State Museums.
  • The Wave, executed in 1865 by Gustave Courbet currently housed in the Walters Art Museum.[15]
  • The Immensity, executed in 1869 by Gustave Courbet currently conserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum.[25]

Degas

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Renoir

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Barye

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Sisley

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References

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  1. ^ "Les fonds d'archives". www.musee-orsay.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  2. ^ "Albert Hecht, collectionneur (1842-1889)". bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  3. ^ "Hecht, Albert". Agorha.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Graham; Constable, John (1983). Constable's England. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-335-0.
  5. ^ Abensur-Hazan, Laurence (1997). Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie: sources et documents (in French). L. Abensur-Hazan. ISBN 978-2-9511711-0-7.
  6. ^ "Notices biographiques des correspondants Hecht, Albert". proust.elan-numerique.fr/guides/biography. Archived from the original on 2019-10-24.
  7. ^ Friedländer, Max J. (1975). Jan Van Scorel and Pieter Coeck Von Aelst. A. Sijthoff. ISBN 978-90-286-0195-6.
  8. ^ "GOVAERT FLINCK (CLEVES 1615-1660 AMSTERDAM) Portrait d'un homme barbu en buste". christies.
  9. ^ "Adriaen van der Werff PORTRAIT OF A LADY DRESSED AS DIANA". Sotheby's.
  10. ^ "FJK 047 Fragonard Jean-Honoré - Foundation Jan Krugier". www.fondationjankrugier.ch. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  11. ^ "Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris) Susannah and the Elders". Christie's.
  12. ^ "Christ on the Sea of Galilee · Eugène Delacroix · Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle". www.buehrle.ch. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  13. ^ Allard, Sébastien; Fabre, Côme; Font-Réaulx, Dominique de; Hannoosh, Michèle; Korchane, Mehdi; Miller, Asher (2018-09-12). Delacroix. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-651-8.
  14. ^ "A Game of Croquet". Digital Collection. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  15. ^ "The Swallows · Edouard Manet · Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle". www.buehrle.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  16. ^ "L'évasion de Rochefort - Edouard Manet | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  17. ^ "Claude Monet | Regatta at Sainte-Adresse". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  18. ^ Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille (1865), Souvenir of the Environs of Lake Nemi, retrieved 2023-11-04
  19. ^ "Museo d'Orsay".
  20. ^ "Gustave Courbet | Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827–1910)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  21. ^ "Le Rut du printemps. Combat de cerfs - Gustave Courbet | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  22. ^ "GUSTAVE COURBET (ORNANS 1819-1877 LA-TOUR-DE-PEILZ) Bords de la Loue avec rochers". christies.com.
  23. ^ "GUSTAVE COURBET (ORNANS 1819-1877 LA-TOUR-DE-PEILZ) Bords de la Loue avec rochers". christies.com.
  24. ^ "Property from a European Museum Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877) La cascade". christies.com.
  25. ^ Courbet, Gustave (1869), L'Immensité, retrieved 2023-11-02

Bibliography

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  • Masterpieces of French Painting from the Bührle Collection, 1961.