
Painting in Italy 1510-1740
The paintings in this room were created in Italy, in various artistic centres and over a period of two hundred years. Bringing together this great range of painting evokes something of the first displays at Buckingham Palace, during the reign of George III.
Several strands of Italian art are here on show. There are sober male portraits, often painted with a bare minimum of detail and colour range, but conveying great psychological intensity. There are ideal female figures, derived from the study of antique sculpture, their beauty impassive however dramatic the narrative. There are expressive landscapes, ranging from a cataclysmic storm to the unruffled stillness of a sunset. Then there are Canaletto’s boldly expressive views of Venice, where the imposing monuments of the city are spiced with a hint of picturesque shabbiness.
Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome 1593-Naples 1652)
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)
Andrea del Sarto (Florence 1486-Florence 1530)
Portrait of a Woman in Yellow
Titian (c.1488-Venice 1576) and Workshop
Madonna and Child in a Landscape with Tobias and the Angel
Parmigianino (Parma 1503-Casalmaggiore 1540)
Pallas Athene
Parmigianino (Parma 1503-Casalmaggiore 1540)
Portrait of a Young Nobleman
Attributed to Pontormo (1494-1556)
The Virgin and Child
Leandro Bassano (1557-1622)
Portrait of Tiziano Aspetti holding a Statuette
Lorenzo Lotto (Venice c. 1480-Loreto 1556)
Andrea Odoni
Titian (c. 1488-Venice 1576)
Portrait of Jacopo Sannazaro (1458-1530)
Cristofano Allori (1577-1621)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Domenico Fetti (Rome c. 1588-Venice 1623)
Vincenzo Avogadro
Gaspard Dughet (1615-75)
Seascape with Jonah and the Whale
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642)
Cleopatra with the Asp
Guido Cagnacci (Santarcangelo di Romagna 1601-Vienna 1663)
Jacob Peeling the Rods
Guercino (Cento 1591-Bologna 1666)
The Libyan Sibyl
Claude Lorrain (1604/5-82)
A View of the Campagna from Tivoli
Claude Lorrain (1604/5-82)
Harbour Scene at Sunset
Claude Lorrain (1604/5-82)
Coast scene with the Rape of Europa
Canaletto (Venice 1697-Venice 1768)
The Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day
Filippo Lauri (Rome 1623-Rome 1694)