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The Sinebrychoff Art Museum's Collection
In the Permanent Collection of the Sinebrychoff Art Museum are to be found the Finnish nation's most valuable and internationally significant paintings of Old Masters. The Museum's collections came into existence largely as the result of bequests.
Of the donated collections, the eldest dates from 1851 when the then Grand Duke of Finland, Alexander II donated (in his son's name) to the Finnish Art Foundation a collection gathered together by Baron Otto Wilhelm Klinckowstr?m (1778-1850). In addition, the Museum's Permanent Collection comprises of about 20 different private collections of foreign art of which the most recent is the bequest of Ester and Jalo Sihtola to the Finnish National gallery in 2001.
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Paintings
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum's collection of paintings presents a good overview of old European art from the 14th century to the beginning of the 19th century. The collection which includes English, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, Italian and French paintings has grown through private donations.
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Swedish portraits and Miniature Collection
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum's special collection includes an old Swedish portraits collection of close to 200 paintings. In particular it focuses on 17th and 18th century art and offers a new perspective on the period when Finland was a part of Sweden. The collection of paintings has kartutettu over more than 100 years of purchases and bequests.
Paul Sinerychoff himself collected about 400 miniature works between 1899 and 1910. It remains one of the largest collections in Scandinavia and offers a good insight into the development of Swedish miniature art. Also in the Collection are examples of miniature paintings from other countries.
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Collections of Graphics & Drawings and Icons
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum's collection of old graphics was created all at once in 1900 when the Collan collection was purchased with the funds of the Antell delegation. The Old Graphics Collection grew in 1919 when the Sinebrychoffs were bequeathed the Ramsay collection. Together these two collections include almost 2500 sheets.
The collection of Old Foreign drawings include mainly drawings by Nils Georgi. There has been no attempt made to enlarge this collection.
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum Icon Collection include Byzantine, Cretan, Russian and Karelian icons date from the late middle ages until the 19th century. The collection of icons has largely come together as the result of purchases, donations and loans.
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Silver
The Silver Collection of Paul and Fanny Sinebrychoff includes 29 pieces of silverware which were collected mainly by Fanny Sinebrychoff herself. The collection sheds much light on the work of goldsmiths in Scandinavia between the years 1660 and 1760. The collection includes objects from Scandinavian metropoles Copenhagen, Stockholm and Kristiania, as well as objects produced by country goldsmiths.
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Other Objects
Furniture
The Sinebrychoffs were also interested in collecting antique furniture. The valuable furniture in the Empire room was obtained probably already during the time of Paul's father, Paul the Elder in the 1850s. According to oral tradition, the furniture was bought from Czar Paul I where it had previously been housed in his Russian castle called Ropsha.
The furniture in the Gustavian salon comes from the 18th and 19th centuries. The finest piece of furniture is a mahogany secretaire, which is the master work of Swedish craftsman Gustaf Adolph Ditzinger (1760-1800). He built the chest of drawers in 1787-1788. Originally, it belonged to Gustaf III's sister Sofia Albertina.
The "cabinets" in the work and dining room area date from about the 17th century, while the table and chairs of the dining room are representative of "new baroque" style which Paul Sinebrychoff bought from Stockholm in 1904. The complete set consists of a table and eighteen chairs.
Glassware
The Sinebrychoff donated collection also included about ten glass objects and parts of chandeliers. The collection goblets, glasses and trophies are mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries and they were produced in Central Europe. The finest piece of glass in the collection is a glass, so-called "zwischengoldglas". It consists of two parts that go one inside the other decorated with gold and silver paintings. The paintings depict a hunting scene. The glass originates from 18th century Silicia.
Statues
The Sinebrychoffs collected only a few medium sized table statues made of bronze. the statues in the Museum Collection have arrived among other collections and donations.
The finest statues in the Sinebrychoff art museum are two statues created by Stockholm based artist Johan Tobias Sergel (1740-1814). These are called "Fauni" and "Eros and Psyche". The Finnish Art Association bought "Fauni" in Paris from the art dealer M. Couvrer in 1874, and "Eros and Psyche" was bought from the late C.A.Armfelt in 1930 with the state lottery money given for this purpose.
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