The Later Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen


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The catalog opens with a detailed account of the growth of the collection from the early Stuarts to the reign of Queen Victoria. Particular attention is given to Charles I's close relations with Rubens, and since later members of the royal family also made important acquisitions, the full range of Rubens' practice is covered by the catalog: there are works entirely by his hand as well as works carried out with known collaborators or with the help of his studio. An outstanding group of genre paintings by David Teniers the Younger is examined and illustrated, and paintings by Jan Brueghel, Gonzalez Coques, Frans Francken, Frans Snyders, Karl Philips Spierincks and Jan Wildens round out the collection.










The Paintings in the Royal Collection


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Gathered over the centuries by successive British monarchs, the Royal Collection contains some 7000 paintings. This book describes the formation of the collection by three successive connoisseur sovereigns, Charles I, George IV and Queen Victoria. Adopting a thematic and wide-ranging approach, it presents the paintings from five different angles: the effect of the Reformation on English painting and the importance of the Grand Tour; animal and landscape painting; state visits, diplomacy and warfare; informal pictures of monarchs and their families; and state portraits and large-scale ceremonial paintings including the coronation of Queen Victoria.




Dutch Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen


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Since the publication of Christopher White's originial catalogue in 1982, scholarship in this area has advanced dramatically and many of the paintings in the collection, including several by Rembrandt, have been reattributed. Many of the works under study have also been cleaned and all are now presented here for the first time with full colour illustrations.0The Royal Collection has one of the finest collections of Dutch paintings in the world and this will be the first book in 30 years to do full justice to its richness and importance.







Parliamentary Papers


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Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures


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Issued in connection with an exhibition held Oct. 5, 2010-Jan. 17, 2011, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Feb. 23-May 30, 2011, National Gallery, London (selected paintings only).