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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Various Paintings Collected by Various British Monarchs

Lucas Cranach the Elder
Judgement of Paris
ca. 1530-35
oil on panel
(first recorded in the reign of James II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Richard Cosway
Nymphs and a Satyr 
ca. 1770-90
watercolor on ivory (cabinet miniature)
(first recorded in the reign of Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Alessandro Turchi
Venus and Cupid embracing
ca. 1600-1650
oil on copper
(first recorded in the reign of George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

attributed to Andrea Boscoli
St John the Baptist
ca. 1590-1610
oil on canvas
(provenance unknown)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous Flemish artist
Pharoah's Dream
ca. 1640-80
oil on panel
(provenance unknown)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous Italian artist
Lucretia
ca. 1590-1660
oil on canvas
(provenance unknown)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Gerard Seghers
Head of Christ
ca. 1640-1700
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Queen Anne)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Gerard Seghers
Head of the Virgin
ca. 1640-1700
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Queen Anne)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Guido Reni
Penitent St Jerome
ca. 1660
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Marten Ryckaert
Landscape with Waterfall - The Flight into Egypt
ca. 1615
oil on panel
(first recorded in the reign of James II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gaspard Dughet
Landscape with Figures by a Pool
ca. 1670-75
oil on canvas
(acquired by Frederick, Prince of Wales)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

William Leighton Leitch
Birth of Belphoebe and Amoret (scene from The Faerie Queene)
1849-50
oil on canvas
(gift of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous Flemish artist
 Landscape with a Ruin 
18th century
oil on copper (cabinet miniature)
(gift of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hans Eworth
Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses (Juno, Minerva, Venus)
1569
oil on panel
(first recorded in the reign of Elizabeth I)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Paintings Collected by Queen Elizabeth II (part two)

Anonymous painter working in England
Conrad Ernest Kopperman
(last dwarf to serve in the English court)
ca. 1740
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous painter working in England
View from Windsor Castle
ca. 1745
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Johan Zoffany
George III, Queen Charlotte and their Six Eldest Children
ca. 1769-70
oil on canvas (sketch)
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

attributed to Johan Zoffany
William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
ca. 1770-72
oil on canvas (sketch)
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Richard Barrett Davis
Funeral Procession of Queen Charlotte
ca. 1818
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Richard Barrett Davis
'Maria' held by a groom, with jockey James Robertson and a pony
1828
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Thomas TJ Frowd
View in Windsor Great Park
1852
oil on canvas
(bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frederick Sargent
Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, 20 June 1887
1887-89
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Igor Emanuilovich Grabar
A Winter's Day
1941
oil on canvas
(presented to Queen Elizabeth II by Nikita Khrushchev)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Hughie O'Donoghue
Voyage of the Plassy
ca. 2009-2010
oil on paper
(presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the Royal Academy of Arts)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gillian Ayres
Festive I 
2004
acrylic on paper
(presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the Royal Academy of Arts)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Graham Foster
The Wreck of the 'Sea Venture'
ca. 2009
oil on canvas board
(presented to Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Humphrey Ocean
Birds at Ngong
2012
gouache on paper
(presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the Royal Academy of Arts)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Herbert James Gunn
State Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
1953-54
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Elizabeth II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Paintings Collected by George V and Queen Mary

Henry William Brewer
St George's Chapel, Windsor
1853
oil on canvas
(acquired by George V)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Syer
Stepping Stones, Bettws-y-Coed
1868
oil on canvas
(presented to George V and Queen Mary when Duke and Duchess of York)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Henry Woods
Rivals
1891
oil on canvas
(presented to George V and Queen Mary when Duke and Duchess of York)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Samuel John Barnes
Lochnagar from the Queen's Forest
1892
oil on panel
(presented by the artist to Queen Mary when Duchess of York)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Acton Butt
The Fairy Glen - Late Autumn
1893
oil on canvas
(presented to George V and Queen Mary when Duke and Duchess of York)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Joseph Edward Homerville-Hague
Garden Party at White Lodge, Richmond Park
1893
oil on canvas
(presented to George V and Queen Mary when Duke and Duchess of York)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Santi Corsi
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Sala di Apollo
1906
oil on canvas
(presented by Queen Alexandra to Queen Mary when Princess of Wales)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frank Walton
The Golden-Tissued Weather
1910-14
oil on canvas
(purchased by George V)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Sydney Prior Hall
Unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial, 16 May 1911
1911-12
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George V)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Laurits Regner Tuxen
Coronation of King George V - the Prince of Wales doing Homage
1911-13
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George V)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

George Percy Jacomb-Hood
Investiture of the Star of India, Delhi, 14 December 1911
1914
oil on canvas
(presented by the Prince of Wales to Queen Mary)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Benjamin Williams Leader
River Llugwy near Bettws-y-Coed
1914
oil on canvas
(acquired by George V)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Lavery
Air Station, North Queensferry
1917
oil on canvas
(presented to George V and Queen Mary by their children)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Lavery
A Court at Buckingham Palace
1931
oil on canvas (preparatory sketch for a painting now lost)
1931
(purchased by Queen Mary)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Friday, January 18, 2019

Narrative Paintings Collected by Victoria and Albert

Horace Vernet
Zouaves at Malakoff
1856
oil on canvas
(gift of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Edward Armitage
The Battle of Meeanee, 17 February 1843
1847
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Paul Delaroche
Napoleon at Fontainebleau, 31 March 1814
1846
oil on canvas
(gift of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Edward Matthew Ward
The Tomb of Napoleon
1856
oil on canvas
(acquired by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Edward Matthew Ward
Queen Victoria at the Tomb of Napoleon, 24 August 1855
1860
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Ernest Meissonier
La Rixe (The Brawl)
1855
oil on panel
(gift to Prince Albert from Napoleon III)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Daniel Maclise
Scene from Midas (a burlesque by Kane O'Hara)
1839
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Daniel Maclise
Scene from Undine (a novel by Fouqué)
1843
oil on panel
(gift of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

William Powell Frith
Ramsgate Sands (Life at the Seaside)
1851-54
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

William Edward Frost
L'Allegro
1848
oil on canvas
(gift of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Philip Foltz
Tyrolese Woman and Child (at a Mountain Shrine)
1848
oil on canvas
(gift of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Gustaf Wappers
Souvenir d'Anvers
1843
oil on canvas
(presented to Queen Victoria by the artist)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jan Frans Portaels
A Sicilian Bride
1861
oil on canvas
(gift of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Joseph Vincent Gibson
The Cottage Home
1856
oil on panel
(gift of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Edwin Landseer
Queen Victoria at Osborne
(John Brown in attendance)
1865-67
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain