Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition

New York | 28 June – 13 September | Free and Open to the Public
Presented by Rocco Forte Hotels

A rare chance to view the legendary Chatsworth House Collection in the United States, featuring more than 40 masterworks that define great collecting.

C hatsworth House, in the United Kingdom, is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family. The house is renowned for the quality of its art, landscape and hospitality, and has evolved through the centuries to reflect the tastes, passions and interests of succeeding generations, standing today among the most important stately homes in the UK. Rich with thousands of objects, the Devonshire Collection represents a grand tradition of collecting spanning half a millennium, and is widely celebrated as one of the most significant collections of art and objects in Europe.

The Duke and Duchess standing beside Canaletto’s Venice: A View of the Doge's Palace and the Riva Degli Schiavoni from the Piazzetta (shown left) and Venice: A View of Santa Maria Della Salute and the Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Piazetta.

Free of charge and open to the public, Treasures from Chatsworth will be on view from 28 June through 13 September 2019 in Sotheby’s New York galleries, located at 1334 York Avenue. Forty-five masterworks have been selected to represent the remarkable breadth of the Devonshire Collection – fine art from Rembrandt van Rijn to Lucian Freud, furniture and decorative objects from the 16th century to 21st-century design, and exceptional jewels, garments, and archival materials commemorating historic occasions will all be on view to the public.

Coinciding with Sotheby’s 275th anniversary, as well as the opening of our expanded and reimagined New York galleries, Treasures from Chatsworth will be designed by the award-winning creative director David Korins, whose work includes the set designs for the Broadway musical phenomena Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen, as well as past Sotheby’s exhibitions. The exhibition will offer viewers an immersive experience, featuring extraordinary objects illustrative of the Devonshire Collection while simultaneously bringing to life Chatsworth House and its spectacular grounds. "For this experience," says Korins, "I’ve curated this sweeping and diverse collection of art into installations of hyper-articulated, blown-up details of the Duke and Duchess’s home. I hope that our guests will be entertained, delighted, and treated to a deeper look into the textures, details and unique stories of the Cavendish family."

A rendering of David Korins's design for the Treasures from Chatsworth Exhibition.

Treasures from Chatsworth Video Series

Many of the exhibition's highlights are featured in these episodes of Treasures from Chatsworth, the 13-part Webby Award-winning video series produced by Sotheby's in 2017. Enrich your visit to the exhibition by watching the entire series !

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