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Loans from the Royal Collection

Current loans to exhibitions from the Royal Collection

Painting being moved by art handlers

Every year hundreds of objects, including paintings, drawings and decorative arts, are generously lent by Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection to institutions across the UK and abroad. The loans programme, administered by Royal Collection Trust, enables new audiences to enjoy works of art from the Royal Collection, as well as helping us to increase our understanding of these works. Find out more about current loans from the Royal Collection here.

Loan requests must be submitted in writing at least one year in advance of the opening date of the exhibition.

Current Loans

On 19 January 1526 Isabella of Habsburg, Queen of Denmark and sister of the Emperor Charles V, died, leaving behind her three children: John, aged 7; Dorothea, aged 5; and Christina, aged 3. This portrait was painted the same year and was perhaps commissi
Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen

Renaissance Children

26 March - 4 July 2021

Musée du Louvre, Paris

Body and Soul

19 May - 21 June 2021
Bound in lacquered painted boards with morocco spine This is the finer of the two Shahnamahs in the Royal Collection (for the other see RCIN 1005013). It was written out in fine nastaliq caligraphy by Muhammad Hakim al-Husayni, the noted calligrapher.
V&A Museum, London

Epic Iran

29 May - 12 September 2021

Barber Institute, Birmingham

Making a Mark

11 June – 26 September 2021

A pen and ink and watercolour drawing of a scene on the ice, with a man on the left, watched by a peasant in a cap, about to putt a ball towards a marker. He is watched by a group of elegantly dressed figures and a dog on the right. A woman skates forward

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The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.