Royal Collection
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British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
. It is property of the monarch as sovereign
Sovereign
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, but is held in trust for her successors and the nation. It contains over 7,000 paintings, 40,000 watercolours and drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
s, and about 150,000 old master print
Old master print
An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition . A date of about 1830 is usually taken as marking the end of the period whose prints are covered by this term. The main techniques concerned are woodcut, engraving and etching, although there are...
s, as well as historical photographs, tapestries, furniture, ceramics, books, and other works of art. It is physically dispersed between a number of locations; some, like Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London; it has not been inhabited by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames...
, are open to the public and not lived in by the Royal Family, whilst others, like Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...
, are both residences and open to the public. The Queen's Gallery
Queen's Gallery
The Queen's Gallery is a public art gallery located at Buckingham Palace, home of the British monarch, in London. It exhibits works of art from the Royal Collection The Queen's Gallery is a public art gallery located at Buckingham Palace, home of the British monarch, in London. It exhibits works of...
at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality...
in London exists to show displays and exhibitions from the collection for several months at a time. There is also a Queen's Gallery
Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
The Queen's Gallery is an art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It forms part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse complex. It was opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II, and exhibits works from the Royal Collection...
next to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
. The collection's total value has been estimated at over £10 billion. However, other sources have estimated the Collection to be too priceless to value.
History
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
. The most important additions to the collection were made by Charles I, a passionate collector of Italian paintings, and a major patron of Van Dyck and other artists. His collection was sold after his execution in 1649, but large numbers of works were recovered for the collection after the Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
of 1660, when the Dutch Republic
Dutch Republic
The Dutch Republic — officially known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , the Republic of the United Netherlands, or the Republic of the Seven United Provinces — was a republic in Europe existing from 1581 to 1795, preceding the Batavian Republic and ultimately...
also presented Charles II with the Dutch Gift
Dutch Gift
The Dutch Gift of 1660 was a collection of 28 mostly Italian Renaissance paintings and 12 classical sculptures, along with a yacht, the Mary, and furniture, which was presented to King Charles II of England by the States-General of the Netherlands in 1660...
, and Charles later bought many paintings and other works. George III
George III of the United Kingdom
George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
with the assistance of Frederick Augusta Barnard
Frederick Augusta Barnard
Sir Frederick Augusta Barnard KCH was principal librarian to George III during much of the English King's reign. Barnard developed the library collection systematically, seeking guidance from noted intellectuals including writer and lexicographer Dr...
, added very large numbers, especially of prints and drawings, and Queen Victoria and her husband Albert were keen collectors of contemporary and old master
Old Master
"Old Master" is a term for a European painter of skill who worked before about 1800, or a painting by such an artist. An "old master print" is an original print made by an artist in the same period...
paintings. Many works have been given from the collection to museums, especially by George III and Victoria and Albert. In particular most of the then royal library was given by George III to the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
, now the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
, where many books are still catalogued as "Royal". The core of this collection was the purchase by James I
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
of the related collections of Humphrey Llwyd, Lord Lumley
John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley was an English aristocrat.- Early life :John Lumley was born about 1533, was grandson and heir of John, Lord Lumley, being son and heir of his only son and heir apparent George Lumley by Jane second daughter and coheir of Sir Richard Knightly of Upton,...
, and the Earl of Arundel
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so.-Court career:...
.
Throughout the reign of Elizabeth II (1952–present), there have been significant additions to the collection through judicious purchases, bequests and through gifts from nation states and other official bodies. The Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...
is strongly represented in this manner. An exemplar
Exemplar
Exemplar, in the sense developed by philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn, is a well known usage of a scientific theory.According to Kuhn, scientific practice alternates between periods of normal science and extraordinary/revolutionary science...
would be the seventy five contemporary Canadian Watercolours that entered the Royal Collection between 1985 and 2001, a gift from the CSPWC/SPCA.
Paintings, prints and drawings
The Royal Collection's holdings of Western fine art are amongst the largest, and most important assemblages in existance, with works of the highest quality, and in many cases artists whose works can not be fully understood without a study of the holdings contained within the Royal Collection. Numbering over 7,000 works, spread across the Royal Residences, the collection is also arguably amongst the world's oldest in terms of provenance. The collection does not claim to provide a comprehensive, chronological survey of Western fine art but has been shaped by the individual tastes of monarchical rulers and their families over the last 400 years.
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- Benjamin WestBenjamin WestBenjamin West, RA was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence...
- 60 paintings
Dutch school (200+ works)
- Gerard ter BorchGerard ter BorchGerard ter Borch was a Dutch genre painter, who lived in the Dutch Golden Age.-Biography:Gerard ter Borch was born in December 1617 in Zwolle in the province of Overijssel in the Dutch Republic....
- 2 paintings - Aelbert CuypAelbert CuypAelbert Jacobsz Cuyp was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritsz...
- 7 paintings - Gerrit Dou - 4 paintings
- Frans HalsFrans HalsFrans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...
- 1 painting - Meyndert Hobbema - 2 paintings
- Pieter de HoochPieter de HoochPieter de Hooch was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a contemporary of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, with whom his work shared themes and style.-Biography:...
- 3 paintings - Gabriel MetsuGabriel MetsuGabriël Metsu was a Dutch painter of history paintings, genre works and portraits.- Life :Metsu was the son of the Flemish painter Jacques Metsu , who lived most of his days at Leiden, and Jacomijntje Garniers, his third wife, whom he married in 1625. Jacomijntje was the widow of a painter with...
- 1 painting - Daniël MijtensDaniël MijtensDaniël Mijtens , known in England as Daniel Mytens the Elder, was a Dutch portrait painter who spent the central years of his career working in England.-Biography:...
- 9 paintings - Adriaen van OstadeAdriaen van OstadeAdriaen van Ostade was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works.-Life:...
- 5 paintings - Rembrandt - 6 paintings
- Salomon van Ruysdael - 1 painting
- Jacob Isaakszoon van RuysdaelJacob Isaakszoon van RuysdaelJacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael was a Dutch landscape painter.-Life:A native of Haarlem, he appears to have studied under his father Isaak van Ruysdael, a landscape painter, though other authorities place him as the pupil of Berghem and of Allart van Everdingen...
- 1 painting - Steen, JanJan SteenJan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch genre painter of the 17th century . Psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour are marks of his trade.-Life:...
- 7 paintings - Adriaen van de Velde - 4 paintings
- Willem van de Velde the YoungerWillem van de Velde the YoungerWillem van de Velde the Younger was a Dutch marine painter.-Biography:Willem van de Velde was baptised on 18 December 1633 in Leiden, Holland, Dutch Republic....
- 7 paintings - Johannes VermeerJohannes VermeerJohannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime...
- 1 painting (see image) - Jan WeenixJan WeenixJan Weenix or Joannis Wenix was a Dutch painter. He was trained by his father, Jan Baptist Weenix, together with his cousin Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Like his father, he devoted himself to a variety of subjects, but his fame is chiefly due to his paintings of dead game and of hunting scenes...
- 1 painting - Philip WouwermanPhilip WouwermanPhilips Wouwerman was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes.-Life and Work:Philips Wouwerman was one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the Dutch Golden Age...
- 5 paintings
English school
- William BeecheyWilliam BeecheySir Henry William Beechey , English portrait-painter, was born at Burford, the son of William Beechey and Hannah Read ....
- 17 paintings - Thomas GainsboroughThomas GainsboroughThomas Gainsborough was an English portrait and landscape painter.-Suffolk:Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, Suffolk. He was the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver and maker of woolen goods. At the age of thirteen he impressed his father with his penciling skills so that he let...
- more than 30 paintings, including a rare mythological work, Diana and ActaeonDiana and ActaeonThe Greek myth of Diana and Actaeon can be found within Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The tale recounts the unfortunate fate of a young hunter named Actaeon, who was the grandson of Cadmus, and his encounter with chaste Diana, goddess of the hunt. The latter is nude and enjoying a bath in a spring with... - William HogarthWilliam HogarthWilliam Hogarth was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects"...
- 3 paintings - John HoppnerJohn HoppnerJohn Hoppner was an English portrait painter, .-Early life:Hoppner was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of German parents - his mother was one of the German attendants at the royal palace. King George's fatherly interest and patronage of the young boy gave rise to rumours, quite unfounded,...
- 7 paintings - Sir Godfrey Kneller - 15 paintings
- Edwin Henry LandseerEdwin Henry LandseerSir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA was an English painter, well known for his paintings of animals—particularly horses, dogs and stags...
- 100 paintings and drawings - Thomas LawrenceThomas Lawrence (painter)Sir Thomas Lawrence RA FRS was a leading English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy.Lawrence was a child prodigy. He was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper. At the age of ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his...
- 50 paintings - Peter LelyPeter LelySir Peter Lely was a painter of Dutch origin, whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court.-Life:...
- 20 paintings - Joshua ReynoldsJoshua ReynoldsSir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA was an influential 18th-century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy...
- 20+ paintings - George StubbsGeorge StubbsGeorge Stubbs was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses.-Biography:Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a currier and leather merchant. Information on his life up to age thirty-five is sparse, relying almost entirely on notes made by fellow artist Ozias Humphry towards the...
- 18 paintings
Flemish school
- Jan Brueghel the ElderJan Brueghel the ElderJan Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. Nicknamed "Velvet" Brueghel, "Flower" Brueghel, and "Paradise" Brueghel, of which the latter two were derived from his floral still lifes which were his favored subjects, while the...
- 1 painting - Pieter Bruegel the Elder - 1 painting
- Frans Francken the YoungerFranckenIn the Francken family of Antwerp in the 16th and 17th centuries were 11 painters. Many bore the same Christian name in succession. Hence there is confusion in the classification of paintings not differing widely in style or execution...
- 1 painting - Marcus Gheeraerts the YoungerMarcus Gheeraerts the YoungerMarcus Gheeraerts was an artist of the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and Van Dyck" He was brought to England as a child by his father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, also a painter...
- 1 painting - Jan MabuseJan MabuseJan Mabuse was the name adopted by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert; or Jennyn van Hennegouwe , as he called himself when he matriculated in the guild of St Luke, at Antwerp, in 1503.-Biography:Little is known of his early life...
- 1 painting - Quentin MatsysQuentin MatsysQuentin Matsys was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp school. He was born at Leuven, where legend states he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter...
- 1 painting - Hans MemlingHans MemlingHans Memling was a German-born Early Netherlandish painter.-Life and works:Born in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt in the Middle Rhein region, it is believed that Memling served his apprenticeship at Mainz or Cologne, and later worked in the Netherlands under Rogier van der Weyden...
- 1 painting - Peter Paul Rubens - 13 paintings, 5 drawings (see image)
- David Teniers the YoungerDavid Teniers the YoungerDavid Teniers the Younger was a Flemish artist born in Antwerp, the son of David Teniers the Elder. His son David Teniers III and his grandson David Teniers IV were also painters...
- 27 paintings - Anthony van DyckAnthony van DyckSir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...
- 26 paintings
French school
- François ClouetFrançois ClouetFrançois Clouet , son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family.-Historical references:Clouet was born in Tours....
- 3 paintings - Gaspard DughetGaspard DughetGaspard Dughet , also known as Gaspard Poussin, was a French painter born in Rome.A pupil of Nicolas Poussin, Gaspard Dughet was the brother of Poussin's wife...
- 3 paintings - Claude LorrainClaude LorrainClaude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French Claude Gellée, , dit le Lorrain) Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French...
- 5 paintings - Jean-Étienne LiotardJean-Étienne LiotardJean-Étienne Liotard was a Swiss-French painter. His father was a jeweller who fled to Switzerland after 1685....
- 16 paintings - Claude MonetClaude MonetClaude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...
- 1 painting - Nicolas PoussinNicolas PoussinNicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
- A large collection of his drawings at WindsorWindsor CastleWindsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...
, second only to that in the Musée du LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement... - Georges de la TourGeorges de La TourGeorges de La Tour was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648...
- 1 painting
German school
- Albrecht DürerAlbrecht DürerAlbrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since...
- 1 painting - Hans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the Younger was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire and Reformation propaganda, and made a significant contribution to the history...
- 7 paintings, 80 drawings and 5 miniatures - Lucas Cranach the ElderLucas Cranach the ElderLucas Cranach the Elder , was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving...
- 4 paintings - Franz Xaver Winterhalter - 120 paintings, 20 drawings & watercolours
- Johann ZoffanyJohann ZoffanyJohan Zoffany, Zoffani or Zauffelij was a German neoclassical painter, active mainly in England...
- 17 paintings
Italian school
- Alessandro AlloriAlessandro AlloriAlessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori was an Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school....
- 1 painting - Fra AngelicoFra AngelicoFra Angelico , born Guido di Pietro, was an Early Italian Renaissance painter described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent"...
- 1 painting - Jacopo BassanoJacopo BassanoJacopo Bassano , known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, from which he adopted the name.- Life :...
- 4 paintings - Giovanni BelliniGiovanni BelliniGiovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, his brother was Gentile Bellini, and his brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna. He is considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it...
- 1 painting - Gian Lorenzo BerniniGian Lorenzo BerniniGian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...
- 50 drawings - Francesco BorrominiFrancesco BorrominiFrancesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...
- 100 drawings - Bronzino - 1 painting
- CanalettoCanalettoGiovanni Antonio Canal better known as Canaletto , was a Venetian painter famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice. He was also an important printmaker in etching.- Early career :...
- Over 50 paintings and 140 drawings, the greatest collection in the world - Luca Carlevaris - 4 paintings
- CaravaggioCaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
- 2 paintings - AgostinoAgostino CarracciAgostino Carracci was an Italian painter and printmaker. He was the brother of the more famous Annibale and cousin of Lodovico Carracci....
, AnnibaleAnnibale CarracciAnnibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early career:Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family...
and Ludovico CarracciLudovico CarracciLudovico Carracci was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna....
- 5 paintings, more than 350 drawings - Polidoro da Caravaggio - 9 paintings
- Giovanni Benedetto CastiglioneGiovanni Benedetto CastiglioneGiovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque artist, painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his elaborate engravings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le...
- 260 drawings - CorreggioAntonio da CorreggioAntonio Allegri da Correggio , usually known as Correggio, was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century...
- 2 paintings - Bernardo DaddiBernardo DaddiBernardo Daddi was an early Italian renaissance painter and apprentice of Giotto. He was also influenced by the Sienese art of Lorenzetti....
- 1 painting - Domenichino - 1 painting, as well as 1,700 drawings in 34 albums, the Royal Collection’s largest holdings by a single artist
- DuccioDuccioDuccio di Buoninsegna was one of the most influential Italian artists of his time. Born in Siena, Tuscany, he worked mostly with pigment and egg tempera and like most of his contemporaries painted religious subjects...
- 1 painting - Gentile da FabrianoGentile da FabrianoGentile da Fabriano was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany. His best known works are his Adoration of the Magi and the Flight into Egypt.-Biography:Gentile was born in or near Fabriano,...
- 1 painting - Domenico FettiDomenico FettiDomenico Fetti was an Italian Baroque painter active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice.-Biography:...
- 5 paintings - Raffaellino del GarboRaffaellino del GarboRaffaellino del Garbo was a Florentine painter of the early Renaissance.His real name was Raffaello Capponi; Del Garbo was a nickname, bestowed upon him seemingly from the graceful nicety of his earlier works. He has also been called Raffaello de Florentia, and Raffaello de Carolis or Karli...
- 1 painting - Lattanzio GambaraLattanzio GambaraLattanzio Gambara was an Italian painter, active in a Renaissance and Mannerist styles.-Biography:Born in Brescia, as a 15 year old he initially apprenticed with Giulio Campi in Cremona, by 1549, he is working alongside Girolamo Romanino, who became his father-in-law. An altarpiece of S. Maria in...
- 8 paintings - Luca GiordanoLuca GiordanoLuca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....
- 12 paintings - Guercino - 1 painting, and largest group of Guercino drawings in the world, some 400 sheets, as well as 200 by his assistants and 200 other works
- Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da VinciLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...
- 600 drawings, finest collection of Leonardo drawings in the world - Pietro LonghiPietro LonghiPietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...
- 2 paintings - Lorenzo LottoLorenzo LottoLorenzo Lotto was a Northern Italian painter draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits...
- Portrait of Andrea OdoniPortrait of Andrea OdoniThe Portrait of Andrea Odoni is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto, dating to 1527. It is housed in the Royal Collection of Windsor Castle, London, United Kingdom.-History:... - Andrea MantegnaAndrea MantegnaAndrea Mantegna was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son in law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality...
- 9 canvases known as The Triumphs of CaesarTriumphs of CaesarThe Triumphs of Caesar are a series of nine large paintings created by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna between 1486 and 1505 for the Ducal Palace, Mantua. They depict a triumphal military parade celebrating the victory of Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars... - MichelangeloMichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...
- 20 drawings - ParmigianinoParmigianinoGirolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola , also known as Francesco Mazzola or more commonly as Parmigianino or sometimes "Parmigiano", was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma...
- 2 paintings and 30 drawings - Pietro PeruginoPietro PeruginoPietro Perugino , born Pietro Vannucci, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance...
- 1 painting - Francesco PesellinoFrancesco PesellinoFrancesco Pesellino , also known as Francesco di Stefano, Il Pesellino, Francesco Peselli, and Francesco di Stefano Pesellino was an Italian painter...
- 1 painting - RaphaelRaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
- 8 paintings, as well as an extensive collection of drawings. There are seven full-size cartoonCartoonA cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
s for the tapestries designed to hang in the Sistine ChapelSistine ChapelSistine Chapel is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. It is famous for its architecture and its decoration that was frescoed throughout by Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio...
. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Raphael attained the zenith of his reputation. Consequently, the Raphael CartoonsRaphael CartoonsThe Raphael Cartoons are seven large cartoons for tapestries, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, painted by the High Renaissance painter Raphael in 1515-16 and showing scenes from the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles...
have become some of the most famous, and widely imitated, paintings in the world. Since 1865 they have been on loan from the Royal Collection to the V&A. - Raffaellino del GarboRaffaellino del GarboRaffaellino del Garbo was a Florentine painter of the early Renaissance.His real name was Raffaello Capponi; Del Garbo was a nickname, bestowed upon him seemingly from the graceful nicety of his earlier works. He has also been called Raffaello de Florentia, and Raffaello de Carolis or Karli...
- 1 painting - Guido ReniGuido ReniGuido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.-Biography:Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that...
- 1 painting - Sebastiano RicciSebastiano RicciSebastiano Ricci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting.-Early years:He was born in Belluno, son...
- 9 paintings - Giulio RomanoGiulio RomanoGiulio Romano was an Italian painter and architect. A pupil of Raphael, his stylistic deviations from high Renaissance classicism help define the 16th-century style known as Mannerism...
- 6 paintings - Andrea SacchiAndrea SacchiAndrea Sacchi was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors Alessandro Algardi and François Duquesnoy, and the contemporary biographer Giovanni...
- 130 drawings - Andrea del SartoAndrea del SartoAndrea del Sarto was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism. Though highly regarded during his lifetime as an artist senza errori , his renown was eclipsed after his death by that of his contemporaries, Leonardo da Vinci,...
- 2 paintings - Zanobi Strozzi - 1 painting
- TintorettoTintorettoTintoretto , real name Jacopo Comin, was a Venetian painter and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso...
- 5 paintings - TitianTitianTiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
- 4 paintings - Perin del VagaPerin del VagaPerino del Vaga was an Italian painter of the Late Renaissance/Mannerism.-Biography:...
- 2 paintings - Giorgio VasariGiorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
- 1 painting - Palma the Elder - 2 paintings
- Paolo VeronesePaolo VeronesePaolo Veronese was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi...
- 3 paintings - Antonio VerrioAntonio VerrioThe Italian-born Antonio Verrio was responsible for introducing Baroque mural painting into England and served the Crown over a thirty year period.-Career:...
- 1 painting - Federico ZuccariFederico ZuccariFederico Zuccari, also known as Federigo Zuccaro , was an Italian Mannerist painter and architect, active both in Italy and abroad.-Biography:Zuccari was born at Sant'Angelo in Vado, near Urbino ....
- 1 painting - Francesco ZuccarelliFrancesco ZuccarelliFrancesco Zuccarelli was an Italian Rococo painter.He was born at Pitigliano, in southern Tuscany, where he initially apprenticed with Paolo Anesi...
- 27 paintings, together with 8 works collaborated with Antonio VisentiniAntonio Visentinithumb|220px|View of Piazza San Marco in Venice, by Antonio Visentini .Antonio Visentini was an Italian architectural designer, painter and engraver, known for his architectural fantasies and capricci, the author of treatises on perspective and professor at the Venetian Academy...
French Furniture
Numbering over 300 items, the Royal Collection holds one of the greatest, and most important collections of French Furniture ever assembled. The collection is noted for its encyclopedic range as well as counting most of the greatest cabinet-makers during the ancien regime.Joseph Baumhauer
Joseph Baumhauer
Joseph Baumhauer was a prominent Parisian ébéniste, one of several of German extraction. Having worked for some years as a journeyman for the German-born ébéniste François Reizell, he was appointed ébéniste privilegié du Roi in 1767, enabling him to skirt certain requirements of the Paris guild...
- 1 item;
- Bas d'armoire, c. 1765-1770;
Pierre-Antoine Bellangé
Pierre-Antoine Bellange
Pierre-Antoine Bellangé was a French ébéniste working in Paris. Bellangé held an eminent position among the representatives of the decorative arts at the beginning of the nineteenth century. He gained his master craftsman title on October 24, 1788...
- 13 items;
- Deux paire de Pedestals, inset with porcelain plaques, c. 1820
- Paire de pier table, c. 1823-4 (The Blue Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Paire de petit pier table, c. 1823-4 (The Blue Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Side-table, c. 1820
- Paire de secretaire, c. 1827-8
- Paire de cabinets, (see pietra dura section), c. 1820
André-Charles Boulle
André Charles Boulle
André-Charles Boulle was the French cabinetmaker who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, even "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers." His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to the fashion he perfected of inlaying brass and...
- 12 items;
- Armoire, c. 1700 (The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle)
- Armoire, c. 1700 (The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle)
- Cabinet, c. 1700 (The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle)
- Cabinet, (without stand, similar to ones in the State Hermitage Museum and the collections of the Duke of Buccleuch)
- Paire de bas d'armoire, (The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle)
- Writing table, possibly delivered to Louis, the Grand Dauphin (1661-1711), c. 1680
- Paire de torchère, c. 1700
- Bureau Plat, c. 1710 (The Rubens Room, Windsor Castle)
- Petit gaines, attributed to., early 18th century
Martin Carlin
Martin Carlin
Martin Carlin was a Parisian ébéniste, born at Freiburg, who was received master at Paris in 1766.Carlin worked at first in the shop of Jean-François Oeben, whose sister he married. He set up independently in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, an unfashionable quarter of Paris, where few of his wealthy...
- 2 items;
- Cabinet (commode à vantaux), (see pietra dura section), c. 1778
- Cabinet, mounted with Sèvres plaques, c. 1783
Jacob-Desmalter & Cie
François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter oversaw one of the most successful and influential furniture workshops in Paris, from 1796 to 1825...
- 1 item;
- Bureau à cylindre, c. 1825
Jacob Frères - 1 item;
- Writing-table, c. 1805
Gérard-Jean Galle - 1 item;
- Candelabra x2, early 19th century
Pierre Garnier - 2 items;
- Paire de cabinets, c. 1770
Georges Jacob
Georges Jacob
Georges Jacob was one of the two most prominent Parisian master menuisiers, producing carved, painted and gilded beds and seat furniture and upholstery work for the French royal châteaux, in the early Neoclassical style that is usually associated with Louis Seize.Jacob arrived in Paris in 1754 and...
- 30 items;
- Petit sofa, c. 1790
- Tête-à-tête, c. 1790
- Fauteuil, c. 1790
- Lit à la Polonaise, c. 1790
- Small armchairs and settees, suite of 20, c. 1786
- Armchairs x4, c. 1786
Gilles Joubert
Gilles Joubert
Gilles Joubert was a Parisian ébéniste who worked for the Garde-Meuble of Louis XV for two and a half decades, beginning in 1748, earning the title ébéniste ordinaire du Garde-Meuble in 1758, and finally that of ébéniste du roi on the death of Jean-François Oeben in 1763...
- 2 items;
- Pair of Pedestals, delivered for the bedroom of Louis XV at Versailles, c. 1762
Pierre Langlois - 5 items;
- Commode, c. 1765
- Deux paire de commode, c. 1763
Étienne Levasseur - 7 items;
- Side-table, attributed to., c. 1770
- Deux paire de gaines, attributed to., c. 1770
- Deux secretaire, adapted from an Andre-Charles Boulle table en bureau, c. 1770
Martin-Eloy Lignereux - 2 items;
- Paire de cabinets, (see pietra dura section), c. 1803
Bernard Molitor - 3 items;
- Commode, c. 1780
- Paire de secretaires, c. 1815
Bernard II van Risamburgh
Bernard II van Risamburgh
Bernard II van Risamburgh, sometimes Risen Burgh was a Parisian ébéniste of Dutch and French extraction, one of the outstanding cabinetmakers working in the Rococo style. "Bernard II's furniture is brilliant in almost every respect...
- 2 items;
- Centre-table, c. 1775
- Commode, c. 1745
Jean Henri Riesener
Jean Henri Riesener
Jean-Henri Riesener was the French royal ébéniste, working in Paris, whose work exemplified the early neoclassical Louis XVI style"....
- 6 items;
- Commode, delivered to Louis XVI's "Chambre du Roi" at Versailles, c. 1774;
- Paire de encoignure, delivered to Louis XVI's "Chambre du Roi" at Versailles, c. 1774;
- Jewel-cabinet, delivered to the Comtesse de Provence, c. 1787
- Writing-table, c. 1785
- Bureau à cylindre, c. 1775
Sevres
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
The manufacture nationale de Sèvres is a Frit porcelain porcelain tendre factory at Sèvres, France. Formerly a royal, then an imperial factory, the facility is now run by the Ministry of Culture.-Brief history:...
- 1 item;
- Centre-table, 'The Table of the Grand Commanders', c. 1806-12 (The Blue Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Pierre-Philippe Thomire a French sculptor, was the most prominent bronzier, or producer of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects and furniture mounts of the First French Empire...
- 15 items;
- Pedestal, c. 1813
- Pedestal for the equestrian statue of Louis XIV, c. 1826
- Paire de candelabra, 8 light, c. 1828
- Torchères x11, c. 1814
- Clock, mounts attributed to., 1803
- Candelabra x2, early 19th century
Benjamin Vulliamy
Benjamin Vulliamy
Benjamin Vulliamy , was a clockmaker responsible for building the Regulator Clock, which, between 1780 and 1884, was the official regulator of time in London.- Biography :...
& Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy was a clockmaker, active in 18th and 19th century Britain. He succeeded his father Benjamin Vulliamy as head of the firm and clockmaker to the king.-External links:....
- 4 items;
- Torchere x4, 1814
Benjamin Vulliamy
Benjamin Vulliamy
Benjamin Vulliamy , was a clockmaker responsible for building the Regulator Clock, which, between 1780 and 1884, was the official regulator of time in London.- Biography :...
- 3 items;
- Candelabra x2, 1811
- Mantel clock, c. 1780
Adam Weisweiler
Adam Weisweiler
Adam Weisweiler was a pre-eminent French master cabinetmaker in the Louis XVI period, working in Paris.Weisweiler is said to have been born at Neuwied-am-Rhein and to have received his early training in David Roentgen's workshop. He was in Paris before1777, when he married Barbe Conte, and was...
- 13 items;
- Cabinet, inset with a Sevres plaque, late 18th century
- Cabinet, (see pietra dura section), 1780
- Side Table, (see pietra dura section), c. 1780
- Side Table, (see pietra dura section), c. 1785 (The Green Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Paire de pier-table, in chinoiserie style, c. 1787-90
- Commode, c. 1785
- Console-table x4, c.1785
- Paire de petit bas d'armoire, manner of. boulle, late 18th century
German
Johann Daniel Sommer - 2 items;- Pair of cabinets-on-stand, attributed to. (stands English), late 17th century
Melchior Baumgartner - 2 items;
- Organ Clock, 1664
- Cabinet, (see Pietra Dura section), c. 1660
Clocks
André-Charles BoulleAndré Charles Boulle
André-Charles Boulle was the French cabinetmaker who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, even "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers." His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to the fashion he perfected of inlaying brass and...
- 4 items;
- Mantle clock, c. 1710 (The Green Drawing Room, Windsor Castle)
- Pedestal clock, (Similar to ones in Blenheim Palace, Chateau de Versailles, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art)
- Pedestal clock, late 17th century;
- Pedestal clock, c. 1720
Abraham-Louis Breguet - 1 item;
- Empire regulator clock, 1825
De La Croix - 1 item;
- Large clock, raised on a bronze plaque plinth, c. 1775 (The East Gallery, Buckingham Palace)
Gérard-Jean Galle - 1 item;
- Clock, figures and frieze representing the Oath of the Horaatii, early 19th century
Jean-Pierre Latz
Jean-Pierre Latz
Jean-Pierre Latz was one of the handful of truly outstanding cabinetmakers working in Paris in the mid-18th century. Like several of his peers in the French capital, he was of German origin...
- 2 items;
- Pedestal Clock, (reputed from the Chateau de Versailles), c. 1735-40
- Barometer and Pedestal, c. 1735
Jean Antoine Lépine
Jean-Antoine Lépine
Jean-Antoine Lépine , was a revolutionary and inventive French watch and clockmaker, who contributed with crucial inventions for watchmaking still used nowadays...
- 1 item;
- Clock, in the form of an African Diana, the goddess of the Hunt, 1790 (The Blue Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Astronomical Clock, c. 1790 (The Blue Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
Martin-Eloy Lignereux - 1 item;
- Clock, 1803
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Pierre-Philippe Thomire a French sculptor, was the most prominent bronzier, or producer of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects and furniture mounts of the First French Empire...
- 1 item;
- Clock, in the form of Apollo's chariot, c. 1805 (The State Dining Room, Buckingham Palace)
Benjamin Vulliamy
Benjamin Vulliamy
Benjamin Vulliamy , was a clockmaker responsible for building the Regulator Clock, which, between 1780 and 1884, was the official regulator of time in London.- Biography :...
- 1 item;
- Clock, in the form of a bull, c. 1755-60
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy was a clockmaker, active in 18th and 19th century Britain. He succeeded his father Benjamin Vulliamy as head of the firm and clockmaker to the king.-External links:....
- 1 item;
- Clock, fitted with three porcelain figures, c. 1788 (The State Dining Room, Buckingham Palace)
Decorative arts
Matthew BoultonMatthew Boulton
Matthew Boulton, FRS was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a great advance on the state of the art, making possible the...
- 4 items;
- Two pairs of vases, c. late 18th century (The Marble Hall, Buckingham Palace)
Fabergé - One of the finest collections in the world
Gérard-Jean Galle - 2 items;
- Candelabra x2, in the form of cornucopias, c. early 19th century
François Rémond - 12 items;
- Candelabra x8, 4 pairs, c. 1787 (The Blue Drawing Room & The Music Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Candelabra x4, delivered to the comte d'Artois for the cabinet turc at Versailles, 1783 (The State Dining Room, Buckingham Palace)
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Pierre-Philippe Thomire a French sculptor, was the most prominent bronzier, or producer of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects and furniture mounts of the First French Empire...
- 3 items;
- Vase, c. early 19th century (The Music Room, Windsor Castle)
- Candelabra x2, malachite and bronze, early 19th century (The White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Candelabra x2, malachite and bronze, c. 1828 (The State Dining Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Candelabra x4, figures of patinated bronze, c. 1810 (The East Gallery, Buckingham Palace)
Porcelain
- Sèvres porcelain - Arguably the world's largest collection
- Chelsea porcelainChelsea porcelain factoryThe Chelsea porcelain manufactory is the first important porcelain manufactory in England; its earliest soft-paste porcelain, aimed at the aristocratic market—cream jugs in the form of two seated goats—are dated 1745...
- Complete service completed 1763
Sculpture
Antonio CanovaAntonio Canova
Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh...
- 3 items;
- Mars and Venus, c. 1815-17 (The Ministers' Staircase, Buckingham Palace)
- Fountain nymph, 1819 ((The Marble Hall, Buckingham Palace)
- Dirce, 1824 (The Marble Hall, Buckingham Palace)
François Girardon - 1 item;
- Bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV, after Girardon, c. 1700
Louis-Claude Vassé - 1 item;
- Equestrian statue of Louis XV, a small reduction copy after the original by Edmé Bouchardon, c. 1764
Ancient World - i item;
- Ancient Roman - Crouching Earth
Tapestries / Carpets
GobelinsGobelins manufactory
The Manufacture des Gobelins is a tapestry factory located in Paris, France, at 42 avenue des Gobelins, near the Les Gobelins métro station in the XIIIe arrondissement...
- 14 items;
- Tapestry, four (from a series of twenty-eight designs) from the 'History of Don Quixote' gifted by Louis XVI to Richard CoswayRichard CoswayRichard Cosway was a leading English portrait painter—more accurately a miniaturist—of the Regency era. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse...
, by whom presented to George IV, c. 1788 (The West Gallery, Buckingham Palace) - Tapestry, two from the series 'Les Portières des Dieux: Venus', c. 18th century (The Guard Chamber, Buckingham Palace)
- Tapestry, two panels (from a set of four) of the series 'Les Amours des Dieux', c. late 18th century
- Tapestry, two (from a set of six) from the 'Jason and the Golden Fleece', 1776 (The Ballroom, Buckingham Palace)
- Tapestry, four from a set of six) from the 'Jason and the Golden Fleece', 1776 (The Grand Reception Room, Windsor Castle)
Other Furniture
Pietra Dura - 11 items;- Cabinet, Augsburg, attributed to Melchior Baumgartner, c.1660
- Cabinet, Italian, c. 1680
- Cabinet, Adam Weisweiler - inset with pietra dura panels, 1780 (The Green Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Side Table, Adam Weisweiler - inset with pietra dura panels, c. 1780 (The Silk Tapestry Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Cabinet (commode à vantaux), Martin Carlin - inset with pietra dura panels re-used from Louis XIVs great Florentine cabinets, c. 1778 (The Silk Tapestry Room, Buckingham Palace)
- Casket, Italian: Florentine, c. 1720
- Paire de cabinets, Martin-Eloy Lignereux - inset with Florentine plaques, c. 1803
- Paire de cabinets, Pierre-Antoine Bellangé - inset with precious stones based on a Florentine design by Baccio del Bianco, c. 1820
- Pair of cabinets, Robert Hume, c. 1820 (The Crimson Drawing Room, Windsor Castle)
- Four Florentine pietra dura panels on 18th century cabinets, re-adapted, c. 1820s (The White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace)
Micellaneous
- Cabinet-on-stand, magnificent example composed of ebony, mid-17th century
- Bureau, magnificent example similar to a version in both the V&A and the Getty Museum, 1690-95
- Bureaux Mazarin x2, in Boulle style, late 17th century
- Bureaux Mazarin x2, in Boulle style, c. 1700 (The Ballroom, Windsor Castle)
- Bureaux Mazarin, late 17th century (The West Gallery, Buckingham Palace)
- Deux paire de boulle bas d'cabinets
Management
The Royal Collection Department is part of the Royal HouseholdRoyal Households of the United Kingdom
The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the organised offices and support systems for the British Royal Family, along with their immediate families...
, responsible for the cataloguing, conservation, cleaning, restoration and display of the books, pictures, sculptures and other works of art collected by the British Royal Family
British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
. Buildings do not come under its remit. "Royal Collection Enterprises" employed 399 staff and enjoyed a turnover of £26.425M for the financial year to 31 March 2009.
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German paintings
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