The Lost Collection
A project to re-assemble the works from Charles I lost art collection
During his reign, Charles I set about assembling an art collection to surpass all others. Following his execution in 1649, this world-class collection was sold off by the Commonwealth government and scattered across Europe.
This website records the lost collection. In the online database, we trace over a third of the pictures to 60 public collections and just as many private collections. Through the 3D reconstruction, visitors can experience something of this magnificent collection, as it might have looked on those walls, for the first time in nearly 400 years.
Explore the recreated rooms
Follow the links to explore the individual rooms in the project website
First Privy Lodging Room
Explore the works in the first recreated room
Second Privy Lodging Room
Explore the second recreation
Third Privy Lodging Room
Explore the third recreated room
Selected works that have returned to the Royal Collection
British School, 16th century
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
Dosso Dossi (c. 1490-1542)
The Holy Family
Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1495-1543)
Psyche Abandoned
Domenico Fetti (Rome c. 1588-Venice 1623)
