List of works of art at Hampton Court Palace
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Artworks at Hampton Court Palace belong to the Royal Collection and are subject to change. They are displayed in several parts of the palace, including the Cumberland Art Gallery.[1] In September 2015, the Royal Collection recorded 542 works (only those with images) as being located at Hampton Court, mostly paintings and furniture, but also ceramics and sculpture. The full current list can be obtained from their website.[2] They include:
- Andrea Mantegna – Two of the Triumphs of Caesar (c.1484-92) with the remaining seven on loan to the National Gallery until the refurbishment of their dedicated gallery is due to be completed in Spring 2027.
- Artemisia Gentileschi – Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (c.1638-39).
- Anonymous – Field of Cloth of Gold (c.1545).
- Jan Brueghel the Elder – A Flemish Fair (c.1600); Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (c.1615).
- Sir Edwin Landseer – Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Bal Costumé (c.1842).
- Sir Godfrey Kneller – William III on Horseback (c.1701); Hampton Court Beauties (c.1690s).
- Sir Joshua Reynolds – The Death of Dido (c.1775-81).
- Sir Peter Lely – Windsor Beauties (c.1660s).
- Sir Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders – Pythagoras Advocating Vegetarianism (c.1628-30).
- William Scrots – Edward VI (c.1550).
- Thomas Gainsborough – Diana and Actaeon (c.1785-88).
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger – Portrait of a Woman c. 1590–1600.
- Girolamo da Treviso – The Four Evangelists Stoning the Pope (c.1538-1544).
- Remigius van Leemput – The Allegory of the Tudor Succession (c.1667), copy of Holbein's lost work.
- Unknown – The Family of Henry VIII (c. 1545).
- Caravaggio – Boy Peeling Fruit (c.1592-93).
- Rembrandt – An Old Woman called 'The Artist's Mother' (c.1627-9).
- Canaletto – 12 views of Venice.
- Portraits by Holbein and Van Dyck.
Apart from the paintings some important tapestries are displayed, including:
- The Story of Abraham – Flemish, set of 10 tapestries commissioned by Henry VIII in the early 1540s, 6 of which are displayed in the Great Hall.
- Conflict of Virtues and Vice – Flemish, c1500, probably bought by Cardinal Wolsey in 1522.
- The Story of Alexander the Great – Brussels, late 17th century, in the Queen's Gallery.
- The Labours of Hercules & The Triumph of Bacchus – Brussels, purchased by Henry VIII in the 1540s, in the King's Presence Chamber.