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The gallery

Museum-quality artworks for collectors of fine European art

Nicholas Hall is a private art gallery in New York specializing in Old Master and 19th-century paintings and drawings. With over four decades of experience in this market, we strive to build long-term relationships with collectors who seek to expand, refine and care for their art collections.

We have an experienced, highly educated team of people who care about each work of art we take on for acquisition, consignment, appraisal and study. We meet clients on an appointment-only basis in our gallery space where we have a regular exhibition programme. As one of the few active galleries in America specializing in Old Master paintings and drawings, our grasp of the inner workings of the auction world adds to our competitive edge. We dare to experiment and take pride in building our own technology solutions from scratch. Connoisseurship aside, we believe in great service, beauty and innovation.

Over the past four decades we have had the privilege to work with a wide range of public and private collections worldwide. Built on our long-standing relationships with the different players in the field, our advisory service gives every type of collector the opportunity to discover desirable artworks with their own criteria. You may choose to visit us at our gallery in New York, or at TEFAF Maastricht, the leading classical art fair which we participate in every spring.

Selected Notable Sales

Gallery space

Installation view of exhibition All That Glistens at Nicholas Hall

The gallery space of Nicholas Hall is on the top two floors of an 1898 Gothic Revival townhouse located at 17 East 76th Street, between Central Park and Madison Avenue in New York. Quiet and discreet, yet bright and comfortable, this is an ideal environment in which to consider works of art.

Selected Museum Acquisitions
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USA_Cleveland_Cleveland Museum of Art
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USA_New Haven_Yale University Art Gallery
USA_Dallas_Meadows Museum
France_Paris_Centre Georges Pompidou
USA_New York_The Metropolitan Museum of Art
USA_Washington DC_National Gallery of Art
USA_Chicago_The Art Institute of Chicago
USA_San Diego_Timken Museum of Art
Canada_Ottawa_National Gallery of Canada
USA_Fort Worth_Kimbell Art Museum
USA_Indiana_Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
USA_Los Angeles_J Paul Getty Museum
USA_New Haven_Yale Center for British Art
USA_Detroit_Detroit Institute of Arts
USA_Hanover_Hood Museum of Art
United Kingdom_Edinburgh_National Galleries of Scotland
USA_Hartford_Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
USA_New York_The Frick Collection
USA_Baltimore_Walters Art Museum
USA_Phoenix_Phoenix Art Museum
United Kingdom_London_The National Gallery
USA_Princeton_Princeton University Art Museum
Qatar_Doha_Qatar Museums
USA_Boston_MFA Boston
MFA Houston
USA_Cleveland_Cleveland Museum of Art
AU_Art Gallery NSW
Belgium_Bruges_Musea Brugge
USA_New Haven_Yale University Art Gallery
USA_Dallas_Meadows Museum
France_Paris_Centre Georges Pompidou
USA_New York_The Metropolitan Museum of Art
USA_Washington DC_National Gallery of Art
USA_Chicago_The Art Institute of Chicago
USA_San Diego_Timken Museum of Art
Canada_Ottawa_National Gallery of Canada
USA_Fort Worth_Kimbell Art Museum
USA_Indiana_Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
USA_Los Angeles_J Paul Getty Museum
USA_New Haven_Yale Center for British Art
USA_Detroit_Detroit Institute of Arts
USA_Hanover_Hood Museum of Art
United Kingdom_Edinburgh_National Galleries of Scotland
USA_Hartford_Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
USA_New York_The Frick Collection
USA_Baltimore_Walters Art Museum
USA_Phoenix_Phoenix Art Museum
United Kingdom_London_The National Gallery
USA_Princeton_Princeton University Art Museum
Qatar_Doha_Qatar Museums
USA_Boston_MFA Boston
MFA Houston
USA_Cleveland_Cleveland Museum of Art
AU_Art Gallery NSW
Belgium_Bruges_Musea Brugge
USA_New Haven_Yale University Art Gallery
USA_Dallas_Meadows Museum
France_Paris_Centre Georges Pompidou
USA_New York_The Metropolitan Museum of Art
USA_Washington DC_National Gallery of Art
USA_Chicago_The Art Institute of Chicago
USA_San Diego_Timken Museum of Art
Canada_Ottawa_National Gallery of Canada
USA_Fort Worth_Kimbell Art Museum
USA_Indiana_Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
USA_Los Angeles_J Paul Getty Museum
USA_New Haven_Yale Center for British Art
USA_Detroit_Detroit Institute of Arts
USA_Hanover_Hood Museum of Art
United Kingdom_Edinburgh_National Galleries of Scotland
USA_Hartford_Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
USA_New York_The Frick Collection
USA_Baltimore_Walters Art Museum
USA_Phoenix_Phoenix Art Museum
United Kingdom_London_The National Gallery
USA_Princeton_Princeton University Art Museum
Qatar_Doha_Qatar Museums
USA_Boston_MFA Boston
MFA Houston
USA_Cleveland_Cleveland Museum of Art
AU_Art Gallery NSW
Belgium_Bruges_Musea Brugge
USA_New Haven_Yale University Art Gallery
USA_Dallas_Meadows Museum
France_Paris_Centre Georges Pompidou
USA_New York_The Metropolitan Museum of Art
USA_Washington DC_National Gallery of Art
USA_Chicago_The Art Institute of Chicago
USA_San Diego_Timken Museum of Art
Canada_Ottawa_National Gallery of Canada
USA_Fort Worth_Kimbell Art Museum
USA_Indiana_Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
USA_Los Angeles_J Paul Getty Museum
USA_New Haven_Yale Center for British Art
USA_Detroit_Detroit Institute of Arts
USA_Hanover_Hood Museum of Art
United Kingdom_Edinburgh_National Galleries of Scotland
USA_Hartford_Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
USA_New York_The Frick Collection
USA_Baltimore_Walters Art Museum
USA_Phoenix_Phoenix Art Museum
United Kingdom_London_The National Gallery
USA_Princeton_Princeton University Art Museum

Our community

Ian Kennedy after his lecture accompanying the exhibition Paintings by Carlo Maratti at Nicholas Hall, 2017

Our digital Journal features interviews, exhibition reviews and a special series Food For Thought, showcasing the diverse and original voices by tastemakers within our community; we also regularly write on the current status of the Old Masters market. Collectors new to the field of Old Masters are invited to explore the Collecting guide and Glossary. We take on motivated individuals as semester-long interns, providing guidance and support for their career development in the Old Masters market as well as the wider art world.

Journal highlights

Nicholas Hall is a business sponsor for CODART, the International network for curators of Dutch and Flemish art. We also regularly support the publication of museum exhibition and scholarly catalogues. Our exhibitions have been reviewed in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, Financial Times, The Art Newspaper, Apollo, Il Manifesto among other leading publications.

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