Monday, January 21, 2019

Paintings Collected by George VI and Consort (Elizabeth)

workshop of Daniel Mytens
Charles I
1630
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth, Consort of George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Edward Bower
Charles I at his Trial
1648
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth, Consort of George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Leonard Knyff
View of Hampton Court
ca. 1702-1714
oil on canvas
(purchased by George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Godfrey Kneller
Henry Wise (garden designer)
ca. 1715
oil on canvas
(purchased by George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Sebastiano Ricci after Paolo Veronese
The Magdalen anointing Christ's feet
ca. 1720-30
oil on canvas (preparatory sketch)
(purchased by George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Canaletto
Rome - Ruins of the Forum looking towards the Capitol
ca. 1740-46
oil on canvas
(bequeathed to George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Canaletto
Rome - Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
ca. 1740-46
oil on canvas
(bequeathed to George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Samuel Scott
St James's Palace
ca. 1740-55
oil on canvas
(purchased by George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Thomas Frye
Frederick, Prince of Wales
ca. 1741
oil on canvas
(acquired by George VI, erroneously attributed to Allan Ramsay)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

George Hayter
State Portrait of Queen Victoria
ca. 1840
oil on canvas (unfinished copy)
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth, Consort of George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

William Powell Frith
The Railway Station
ca. 1862
oil on canvas (reduced copy)
(presented to George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gerald Festus Kelly
State Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, Consort of George VI
1938-45
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gerald Festus Kelly
State Portrait of George VI
1938-45
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frank O. Salisbury
Coronation of King George VI
1938
oil on canvas
(presented to George VI)
Royal Collection, Great Britain