Author: Julius Bryant
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300102062
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Set high on a ridge in historic parkland less than five miles from Trafalgar Square, Kenwood is London's favourite 'country house'. Remodelled by Robert Adam in the eighteenth century, in 1928 it became the home of the Iveagh Bequest, a superb collection of old master paintings that includes Rembrandt's most celebrated self-portrait, the only Vermeer in England outside the National Gallery and the Royal Collection, Gainsborough's Countess Howe, and classic works by Reynolds, Romney, Lawrence and Turner. The collection was formed between 1887 and 1891 by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Chairman of the world's leading brewery, who gave it to the nation with the house and estate. This book is published to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Iveagh Bequest and is the first new catalogue of the collection to be produced in fifty years. It discusses each work, revealing the personalities behind the faces in the portraits, the social circumstances of each commission, and the way that art met the ambitions of artists, patrons, sitters and collectors. There are also two introductory essays that provide context for the house and discuss the ways in which Lord Iveagh was a pioneer collector. Beautifully produced, this catalogue of paintings is the essential book on Kenwood.
Kenwood, Paintings in the Iveagh Bequest
Author: Julius Bryant
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300102062
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Set high on a ridge in historic parkland less than five miles from Trafalgar Square, Kenwood is London's favourite 'country house'. Remodelled by Robert Adam in the eighteenth century, in 1928 it became the home of the Iveagh Bequest, a superb collection of old master paintings that includes Rembrandt's most celebrated self-portrait, the only Vermeer in England outside the National Gallery and the Royal Collection, Gainsborough's Countess Howe, and classic works by Reynolds, Romney, Lawrence and Turner. The collection was formed between 1887 and 1891 by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Chairman of the world's leading brewery, who gave it to the nation with the house and estate. This book is published to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Iveagh Bequest and is the first new catalogue of the collection to be produced in fifty years. It discusses each work, revealing the personalities behind the faces in the portraits, the social circumstances of each commission, and the way that art met the ambitions of artists, patrons, sitters and collectors. There are also two introductory essays that provide context for the house and discuss the ways in which Lord Iveagh was a pioneer collector. Beautifully produced, this catalogue of paintings is the essential book on Kenwood.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300102062
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Set high on a ridge in historic parkland less than five miles from Trafalgar Square, Kenwood is London's favourite 'country house'. Remodelled by Robert Adam in the eighteenth century, in 1928 it became the home of the Iveagh Bequest, a superb collection of old master paintings that includes Rembrandt's most celebrated self-portrait, the only Vermeer in England outside the National Gallery and the Royal Collection, Gainsborough's Countess Howe, and classic works by Reynolds, Romney, Lawrence and Turner. The collection was formed between 1887 and 1891 by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Chairman of the world's leading brewery, who gave it to the nation with the house and estate. This book is published to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Iveagh Bequest and is the first new catalogue of the collection to be produced in fifty years. It discusses each work, revealing the personalities behind the faces in the portraits, the social circumstances of each commission, and the way that art met the ambitions of artists, patrons, sitters and collectors. There are also two introductory essays that provide context for the house and discuss the ways in which Lord Iveagh was a pioneer collector. Beautifully produced, this catalogue of paintings is the essential book on Kenwood.
Kenwood
Author: Julius Bryant
Publisher: Historic England Publishing
ISBN: 9781848021280
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Catalogue of the Iveagh Bequest collection of paintings, housed at Kenwood House in London. Each work is discussed and illustrated and there are also two introductory essays which provide context for the collection.
Publisher: Historic England Publishing
ISBN: 9781848021280
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Catalogue of the Iveagh Bequest collection of paintings, housed at Kenwood House in London. Each work is discussed and illustrated and there are also two introductory essays which provide context for the collection.
The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood. Catalogue of the Paintings. [With Reproductions.].
Author: Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood. The House and the Paintings
Author: Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Catalogue of Paintings
Author: Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England)
Publisher: Greater London
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher: Greater London
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood
Author: Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England)
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood
The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood
The Iveagh Bequest
Author: Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood
Author: Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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