Saturday, January 19, 2019

Paintings Collected by Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

attributed to Philippe de Champaigne
Etienne d'Aligre the Younger, Chancellor of France
ca. 1650-74
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Pierre Mignard
James II and his Family in Exile
1694
oil on canvas
(presented to Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

workshop of Peter Lely
Baptist May
ca. 1670-1700
oil on canvas
(purchased by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Godfrey Kneller
George II when Prince of Wales, in Garter robes
1716
oil on canvas
(purchased by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Benjamin West
View in Windsor Great Park
ca. 1783-85
oil on canvas
(purchased by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Russell
George IV when Prince of Wales
1791
oil on canvas
(purchased by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

George Frederic Watts
Mary Augusta, Lady Holland
ca. 1843-44
oil on canvas
(bequeathed to Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frederic Leighton
Nanna (Pavonia)
1859
oil on canvas
(acquired by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frederic Leighton
Bianca
1862
oil on canvas
(acquired by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frederik Christian Kiærskou
Bernstoff House and Park (outside Copenhagen)
1863
oil on canvas
(presented to Queen Alexandra when Princess of Wales)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gustave Doré
Loch Carron, Scotland
1880-82
oil on canvas
(acquired by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Benjamin Constant
Queen Victoria
1899
oil on canvas
(purchased by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Samuel Luke Fildes
State Portrait of Edward VII
1902
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Sidney Prior Hall
Investiture of Haakon VII, King of Norway, with the Order of the Garter, 1906
1906-1908
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Edward VII)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

François Flameng
Queen Alexandra
1908
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Alexandra)
Royal Collection, Great Britain