Hamburg, Bucerius Kunst Forum
28 November 2025 – 6 April 2026

We were pleased to announce the inclusion of two works from The Klesch Collection in Kids! Between representation and reality, an exhibition at the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg: Titian’s Double Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1514–1574), and His Son Francesco Maria II (1549–1631), painted in c. 1555, and Sir Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of Charles II as Prince of Wales, painted in 1641.

Exploring representations of childhood across six thematic chapters, Kids! traced how artists have depicted children in ways that reflect shifting social values, political ambitions and evolving ideas of family and identity. Within this context, the two paintings from our collection represented the role of dynastic portraiture. Both Titian and Van Dyck present young heirs not merely as children, but as future rulers—figures whose presence reinforced lineage, continuity and political authority.

Bringing together artworks of different media from the 16^th to the 21^st century, Kids! highlighted how the image of the child has remained central to artistic expression for over five centuries.

Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, Double Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1514–1574), and His Son, Francesco Maria II (1549–1631), Full-Length, c. 1555

Sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Charles II as Prince of Wales, 1641