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| Sebastiano del Piombo Adoration of the Shepherds ca. 1511-12 oil on canvas formerly in the Orléans Collection Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Palma Vecchio Venus and Cupid ca. 1523-24 oil on canvas formerly in the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden and the Orléans Collection Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
"Within the short time-span of his becoming virtual ruler of France in 1715 and his death eight years later, Philippe, duc d'Orléans built up a virtually unrivalled art collection containing paintings, sculptures, engravings and miniatures. His paintings included masterpieces from the Italian, French, Dutch and Flemish schools brought together from such distinguished collections as those of King Charles I of England and Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin in France. By far the most important source was the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden [long resident in Rome] which the duc d'Orléans had purchased en bloc. Among the Orléans Italian paintings, which boasted six Raphaels and six Correggios, highlights were the Titians, of which there were over twenty examples. . . . These remained in Paris for over seventy years at the Palais Royal, until the Orléans Collection was broken up and sold in the 1790s, during the French Revolution, by Philippe's great-grandson, Philippe II, duc d'Orléans. . . . The Italian and French pictures were sold off first and ended up in England."
– from curator's notes at the National Gallery, London
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| L'Ortolano St John the Baptist ca. 1525 oil on panel Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Domenico Beccafumi St Bernardino preaching in the Campo, Siena before 1528 oil on panel Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Giovanni da Brescia Lamentation over the Dead Christ before 1531 tempera on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Jacopo Bassano Journey to Calvary ca. 1538-43 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Tintoretto Adoration of the Shepherds ca. 1540 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| attributed to Jacopino del Conte Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the infant St John the Baptist ca. 1550 oil on panel Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Taddeo Zuccaro Adoration of the Kings ca. 1555-60 oil on panel Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Tommaso Manzuoli The Visitation 1560 oil on panel Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Francesco Bassano Landscape with Shepherds ca. 1570-85 oil on canvas formerly in the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden and the Orléans Collection Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Titian Tarquin and Lucretia ca. 1571 oil on canvas formerly in the collection of Philip II of Spain, taken to France by Joseph Bonaparte Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Palma Giovane Christ calling Zacchaeus ca. 1575 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Paolo Veronese Hermes, Herse and Aglauros ca. 1576-84 oil on canvas formerly in the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden and the Orléans Collection Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Alessandro Allori Temptation of St Benedict ca. 1587 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Annibale Carracci St Roch and the Angel ca. 1585-89 oil on canvas formerly in the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden and the Orléans Collection Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |