
One-Minute Masterpieces
Most of the works in the exhibition Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace are securely dated and attributed; mostly we know which monarch bought them. But what makes them important? What do they still have to offer? What do you think makes a masterpiece?
In these one-minute videos, Royal Collection staff discuss their favourite paintings on show and how they can be understood from a particular perspective.

Agatha Bas
The use of paint

Self-Portrait in a Flat Cap
The status of the artist

Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room
Planning the canvas

Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room
Light and geometry

Pallas Athene
Textures and symbols

Evening Landscape
Attention to detail

A Woman at her Toilet
Sensual pleasures

The Farm at Laken
Peace, land and fertility