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Henry Oppenheimer

Header: Henry Oppenheimer
Also known as: Henry Oppenheimer; primary name: Oppenheimer, Henry
Details: individual; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1859-1932
Biography: Famous London collector. Born in Washington and trained in Frankfurt died in London. A partner in banking house Speyer Brothers until his resignation at the beginning of WWI. He began collecting at the end of the 19th century and purchased a major collection of Old Master drawings in ca 1912, moving shortly thereafter from his house at Southwick Crescent to larger accommodation in Kensington Palace Gardens. He was instrumental in securing deep secure storage for National Gallery holdings in a London Underground station and after 1918 continued to develop his collection which ranged from antiquities to majolica (some exhibited at the Italian Exhibition in 1930), Renaissance medals and drawings of the Italian, French, German and Netherlandish schools. Among the objects he gave the Museum were several ancient South Arabian antiquities which he jointly presented in 1915 with Maurice Rosenheim (q.v.) For the BM's wish-list at the Oppenheimer sale see Popham's report to the Trustees 5 May 1396: none of the top three (Foucquet, Bouts and Grünewald) was acquired. For those that were, see BMQ XI 1935/6, pp.127-32. See also sv. Oppenheimer Fund
Bibliography: Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian, Greek & Roman Antiquities, Cameos and Intaglios formed by the late Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., F.S.A., of 9 Kensington Palace Gardens, W.8, sold at Christie's London 22 & 23 July 1936; Lugt 1351; sale of Old Master Drawings Christie's, 10-14 July 1936 (BM purchases 1936,1010.1-31. Obituary, 'The Times', 24 March 1932, p.17

293 related objects

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.35 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.51 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.40 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.41 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.54 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.47 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.52 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.38 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.39 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.45 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.36 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.49 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.50 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.48 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.55 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.53 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.44 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.37 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

animal remains

Museum number: 1917,1105.46 |
Cultures/periods: x41735 Neolithic/Bronze Age |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

axe

Museum number: 123268 |
Cultures/periods: x13712 Bronze Age |
Production date: 2500BC-2000BC |
Production place: Made in:Iran, East |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Pakistan

ball

Museum number: 1917,1105.24 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

ball

Museum number: 1917,1105.29 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

block

Museum number: 1917,1105.30 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

block

Museum number: 1917,1105.28 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

casket

Museum number: 1936,1015.1 |
Production date: 15thC |
Production place: Made in:France

cup

Museum number: 1917,1105.25 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

cup

Museum number: 1917,1105.26 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

cup

Museum number: 1917,1105.27 |
Cultures/periods: x14337 Neolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Grimes Graves

door-knocker

Museum number: 1909,0605.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Brazen Head Farm

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.26 |
Producer name: BIOG23687 Drawn by:Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot |
Production date: 1811-1875

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.10 |
Producer name: BIOG42363 Drawn by:Jacopo da Pontormo |
Production date: 1522-1525

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.4 |
Producer name: BIOG21825 Drawn by:Giulio Campi |
Production date: 1517-1541

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.24 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Master of the Roundels of 1515Formerly attributed to:Christoph Bockstorfer |
Production date: 1515

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.5 |
Producer name: BIOG21825 Drawn by:Giulio Campi |
Production date: 1517-1541

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.3 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 Drawn by:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1530-1535

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.25 |
Producer name: BIOG36390 Drawn by:Nicolas de Neufchâtel |
Production date: 1535-1580

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.24 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Philips KoninckFormerly attributed to:Egbert van Heemskerck I |
Production date: 1634-1688

drawing

Museum number: 2011,7010.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48528 Drawn by:Domenico Tiepolo |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.9 |
Producer name: BIOG35944 Drawn by:Fra Filippo Lippi |
Production date: 1460

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.27 |
Producer name: BIOG32259 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Huet |
Production date: 1773

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.23 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.8 |
Producer name: BIOG22860 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Cima |
Production date: 1496-1498

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.25 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Master of the Roundels of 1515Formerly attributed to:Christoph Bockstorfer |
Production date: 1515

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.29 |
Producer name: BIOG44758 Attributed to:Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 1751-1807

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.20 |
Producer name: BIOG20826 Drawn by:Jörg Breu I |
Production date: 1520

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0211.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48969 After:Cosmè Tura |
Production date: 1447-1495

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.11 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Giovanni Antonio PordenoneFormerly attributed to:Girolamo Romanino |
Production date: 1500-1566

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.18 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1550

drawing

Museum number: 1922,0311.1 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1510-1512

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1911,1116.1.1-77 |
Producer name: BIOG29330 Drawn by:Frederick Goodall |
Production date: 1870

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.31 |
Producer name: BIOG23905 Drawn by:Alexander Cozens |
Production date: 1746-1786

drawing

Museum number: 1983,0416.2 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Drawn by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1491-1492

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.10 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Drawn by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1525

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.6 |
Producer name: BIOG22293 After:Giacomo Cavedone |
Production date: 1592-1660

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.30 |
Producer name: BIOG44758 Attributed to:Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 1751-1807

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.17 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1757

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.2 |
Producer name: BIOG20274 Drawn by:Paris Bordone |
Production date: 1515-1571

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.21 |
Producer name: BIOG49891 Drawn by:Timoteo Viti |
Production date: 1484-1523

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.20 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 19thC

drawing

Museum number: 1978,0624.30 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1430

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.7 |
Producer name: BIOG22293 After:Giacomo Cavedone |
Production date: 1592-1660

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.28 |
Producer name: After:Charles de La FosseFormerly attributed to:Antoine Watteau |
Production date: 1636-1716

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.14 |
Producer name: BIOG43535 Drawn by:Marco Ricci |
Production date: 1694-1730

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0211.2 |
Producer name: BIOG17240 Drawn by:Christoph Amberger |
Production date: 1552-1554

drawing

Museum number: 1926,1009.2 |
Producer name: BIOG42424 Drawn by:Jacques André Portail |
Production date: 1700-1759

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.1 |
Producer name: After:Fra BartolommeoFormerly attributed to:Mariotto Albertinelli |
Production date: 1487-1517

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.22 |
Producer name: Attributed to a Follower of:Anthony van DyckAttributed to:Frans Wouters |
Production date: 1637-1659

drawing

Museum number: 1941,0510.124 |
Producer name: BIOG23138 Drawn by:Matthijs Cock |
Production date: 1544

drawing

Museum number: 1947,0412.161 |
Producer name: BIOG38368 Drawn by:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1534-1541

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.16 |
Producer name: BIOG46944 Attributed to:Sperandio of Mantua |
Production date: 1478-1490

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.13 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacopo da BolognaFormerly attributed to:Jacopo Ripanda |
Production date: 1500-1520

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.19 |
Producer name: BIOG29049 Drawn by:Giovanni da Udine |
Production date: 1502-1564

drawing

Museum number: 1917,0512.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1733-1736

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.10 |
Production date: 13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.16 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.3 |
Production date: 10thC-11thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.12 |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.5 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.6 |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.17 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.9 |
Production date: 12thC-13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.11 |
Production date: 12thC-13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.1 |
Cultures/periods: x116702 Hoysala |
Production date: 13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.4 |
Production date: 14thC-15thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.13 |
Production date: 9thC-10thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.15 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.14 |
Production date: 10thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.7 |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.8 |
Production date: 12thC-13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.2 |
Production date: 13thC |
Production place: Lustred in:India |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.21 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Burma |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Burma

incense-burner

Museum number: 113231 |
Cultures/periods: x14467 Sabaean |
Production date: 2ndC BC-1stC BC |
Production place: Made in:Yemen |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Aden

incense-burner

Museum number: 113230 |
Cultures/periods: x14572 Ancient South Arabian |
Production place: Made in:Yemen |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Yemen

medal

Museum number: 1936,1016.19 |
Producer name: Designed by:Giulio della TorreModelled by:Giulio della Torre |
Production date: 1519-1529 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1936,1016.5 |
Production date: 1517-1518 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1920,1205.1 |
Production date: 1490 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1936,1016.7 |
Producer name: BIOG107839 Connected with:Niccolo Fiorentino |
Production date: 1480 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1936,1016.29 |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1936,1016.22 |
Producer name: BIOG105010 Formerly attributed to:Caradosso Foppa |
Production date: 1488 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1936,1016.10 |
Producer name: Designed by:Vettor di Antonio GambelloModelled by:Vettor di Antonio Gambello |
Production date: 1500 |
Production place: Made in:Italy