Royal Collection - Mauritshuis

#AntiqueRoyal"The Mauritshuis travels back to London: Buckingham Palace, where the paintings belong to find out more about the Royal Collection.

Desmond Shawe-Taylor talks about the construction of the collection, the various royals who collected the artwork and why they selected these paintings. Attention will be paid to the interior of the palace with the Picture Gallery where masterpieces usually are on display. Quentin Buvelot talks about the formation of the Royal Collection of the Mauritshuis.

About the exhibition

The British royal family owns one of the finest collections of Old Master paintings in the world. The collection was brought together over many centuries by successive monarchs. The paintings normally hang behind closed doors in Buckingham Palace and other royal residences. The Mauritshuis has the great privilege of showing twenty-two of them for the duration of this exhibition.
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