Winter was born in Amsterdam as the oldest child of the wealthy merchant Pieter van Winter who received visitors to his art gallery that he had installed at the rear of his house Saxenburg, Keizersgracht 244. He had purchased the house for the astronomical sum of Dfl. 100,000 from Jean de Neufville. In 1800 her mother died and in 1807 her father died, leaving the collection as it then was in the family home, the portraits of which became the property of Lucretia's brother. The rest of the paintings were to be divided between Lucretia and her younger sister Anna Louisa, who would later amass her own art collection.
After her brother's marriage Lucretia bought the house Herengracht 440 in 1809.[1] Her father's art gallery remained available for viewing at her parents’ home (now her brother's residence) and were to be split after the youngest sister Anna Louisa came of age. Anna Louisa took her portion of the collection when she married jonkheer Willem van Loon in 1815, but Lucretia had already made her first art purchases since 1810 with a view to forming her own art gallery and united her half of her father's collection with this modest collection of her own. She continued collecting in her own name until 1820, purchasing in total 71 paintings on her own. In 1822 at the age of 37 Lucretia married Hendrik Six van Hillegom (1790-1847) and the couple moved into his house at Herengracht 509-511. After that all art purchases were made in his name, but it is assumed that she remained an avid collector since there are no records of him making art purchases before his marriage.
Among the most notable of the paintings Lucretia bought herself are Vermeer's Milkmaid and The Little Street. After the death of Lucretia the collection went to her husband and on his death in 1847 it fell to their sons. In 1877 the heirs of Anna Louisa sold the Van Loon-Winter collection as a block to the Paris Rothschild family, which caused a stir in the Dutch papers (it included the Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, among others). When Lucretia's children died her grandchildren also expected to sell the collection, but a large portion was acquired by the Rijksmuseum amidst debates about the value. They accepted an offer from the heirs for Vermeer's milkmaid plus 38 other paintings for Dfl. 750.000.
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January 01, 1970
lucretia, johanna, winter, april, 1785, february, 1845, dutch, collector, portrait, alexandre, jean, dubois, drahonetbornapril, 1785amsterdamdiedfebruary, 1845amsterdamnationalitydutch, winter, born, amsterdam, oldest, child, wealthy, merchant, pieter, winter,. Lucretia Johanna van Winter April 15 1785 February 28 1845 was a Dutch art collector Lucretia Johanna van WinterPortrait of Lucretia Johanna van Winter by Alexandre Jean Dubois DrahonetBornApril 15 1785AmsterdamDiedFebruary 28 1845AmsterdamNationalityDutch Winter was born in Amsterdam as the oldest child of the wealthy merchant Pieter van Winter who received visitors to his art gallery that he had installed at the rear of his house Saxenburg Keizersgracht 244 He had purchased the house for the astronomical sum of Dfl 100 000 from Jean de Neufville In 1800 her mother died and in 1807 her father died leaving the collection as it then was in the family home the portraits of which became the property of Lucretia s brother The rest of the paintings were to be divided between Lucretia and her younger sister Anna Louisa who would later amass her own art collection After her brother s marriage Lucretia bought the house Herengracht 440 in 1809 1 Her father s art gallery remained available for viewing at her parents home now her brother s residence and were to be split after the youngest sister Anna Louisa came of age Anna Louisa took her portion of the collection when she married jonkheer Willem van Loon in 1815 but Lucretia had already made her first art purchases since 1810 with a view to forming her own art gallery and united her half of her father s collection with this modest collection of her own She continued collecting in her own name until 1820 purchasing in total 71 paintings on her own In 1822 at the age of 37 Lucretia married Hendrik Six van Hillegom 1790 1847 and the couple moved into his house at Herengracht 509 511 After that all art purchases were made in his name but it is assumed that she remained an avid collector since there are no records of him making art purchases before his marriage Among the most notable of the paintings Lucretia bought herself are Vermeer s Milkmaid and The Little Street After the death of Lucretia the collection went to her husband and on his death in 1847 it fell to their sons In 1877 the heirs of Anna Louisa sold the Van Loon Winter collection as a block to the Paris Rothschild family which caused a stir in the Dutch papers it included the Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit among others When Lucretia s children died her grandchildren also expected to sell the collection but a large portion was acquired by the Rijksmuseum amidst debates about the value They accepted an offer from the heirs for Vermeer s milkmaid plus 38 other paintings for Dfl 750 000 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lucretia Johanna van Winter Lucretia Johanna van Winter in 1001 Vrouwen Lucretia Johanna van Winter in the RKD with links to paintings with her name in the provenance records R Priem The most excellent collection of Lucretia Johanna van Winter the years 1809 22 with a catalogue of the works purchased Simiolus 25 1997 p 103 235 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lucretia Johanna van Winter amp oldid 1136704551, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
