Loans from the Royal Collection
Current loans to exhibitions from the Royal Collection
Every year hundreds of objects, including paintings, drawings and decorative arts, are lent from the Royal Collection to institutions across the UK and abroad for both short- and long-term display. 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.
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See a selection of current loans from the Royal Collection below.
Four drawings have been lent from the Royal Collection to the first comprehensive exhibition on Raphael to be held in the United States, taking place at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Raphael: Sublime Poetry includes over 170 works illuminating the life and career of this Master of the Italian Renaissance, from his origins in Urbino to Florence, and finally Rome, through drawings, paintings and tapestries. Until 28 June 2026.
Two drawings by Leonardo da Vinci have been lent to the Maurtishuis for an exhibition curated by Sir Simon Schama on our relationship with birds and the avian world, inspired by Carel Fabritius’s Goldfinch of 1654, one of the treasures of the Mauritshuis. Leonardo's studies of bird flight, and his ambition to build a flying machine, are among the most famous examples of human engagement with birds in the early modern period. The drawings from the Royal Collection show Leonardo investigating bird flight and avian anatomy. Until 7 June 2026.
The exhibition Michelangelo and Rodin examines the enduring influence of Michelangelo on the work of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Three drawings by Michelangelo, lent from the Royal Collection, illustrate Michelangelo’s own sculptural sources; his deep concern with anatomical accuracy and the celebrity of his sculptures in the Medici Chapel (New Sacristy) in San Lorenzo. Until 20 July 2026.
Six of Andrea Mantegna’s monumental paintings from the series The Triumphs of Caesar – considered to be amongst the finest achievements in Italian Renaissance art – have been loaned from the Royal Collection and can now be seen in a special display at the National Gallery. Other items from the Royal Collection are on long-term loan.
Take a closer look at Mantegna's paintings in our Collection Online.
