Sunday, January 13, 2019

Painted Interiors Collected by George IV (1762-1830)

Gabriël Metsu
The Cello Player
ca. 1658
 oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jan Steen
Interior of a tavern with card players and a violin player
ca. 1665
 oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV in 1818)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jan Steen
Woman at her Toilet
1663
 oil on canvas
(acquired by George IV in 1821)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

David Teniers the Younger
The Alchemist
ca. 1652
 oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV before 1806)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

David Teniers the Younger
The Card Players
ca. 1643
oil on panel
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gerard ter Borch
Gentleman pressing a Lady to drink
ca. 1658-59
 oil on canvas
(purchased by Lord Yarmouth in Paris for George IV in 1812)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gerard ter Borch
The Letter
ca. 1660-65
 oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Adriaen van Ostade
Interior of a Peasant's Cottage
1668
oil on panel
(purchased privately by Lord Yarmouth for George IV in 1811)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Godfried Schalcken
Game of 'Lady come into the Garden'
ca. 1665-69
oil on panel
(acquired by George IV in 1803)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gerrit Dou
Girl chopping Onions
1646
oil on panel
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gerrit Dou
Grocer's Shop
1672
oil on panel
(purchased by George IV from Thomas Thompson Martin in 1817)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Willem van Mieris
The Neglected Lute
ca. 1710
oil on panel
(purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring in 1814)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Pieter de Hooch
Card Players in a Sunlit Room 
1658
oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV from John Smith in 1825)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Le Nain Brothers
Young Card Players
ca. 1630-40
 oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV on the London art market in 1803)
Royal Collection, Great Britain