Detail of the frame for Tintoretto's The Muses

Frames in the Royal Collection

A guide to the history of frames in the Royal Collection

BRITISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

Frame for RCIN 402755, Dell'Abate, Portrait of a Young Man with a Cleft Chin

RCIN 7402755

This is another variation of the Carlo Maratta alterations, with a similar extension, only the swept edges are now straight with oak leaves along the rail.


    Royal Collection Trust is a charity caring for the Royal Collection, one of the world’s great art collections. Income from your visit helps us to conserve and share the Collection so that it can be enjoyed by everyone, wherever they are.