A cabinet of curiosities
The innermost cabinet rooms of Queen Caroline’s apartments at Kensington Palace were treated as a Wunderkammer or cabinet of curiosities. The collection included works of art made from exotic materials and natural curiosities, inspired by the cabinets Caroline knew from her childhood in Dresden and Berlin. Traditionally such Wunderkammer often contained classical Roman hardstone carvings and the Queen owned several of exceptional quality.
Northern Italy
The Adoration of the Magi
French
Pendant with thirteen cameos
Northern Italy
Hercules
Bernard Lens III (1682-1740)
George I (1660-1727)
Brunswick-Lüneburg Court miniaturist (c. 1595)
Ernest of Celle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497-1546)
Brunswick-Lüneburg Court miniaturist (c. 1595)
Sophia, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1508-1541)
Jean Michelin (1623-1696)
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (1629-1698)
Jean Michelin (1623-1696)
Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714)
Brunswick-Lüneburg Court miniaturist (c. 1595)
William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1535-1592)
Brunswick-Lüneburg Court miniaturist (c. 1595)
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Kalenberg (1582-1641)
Bernard Lens III (1682-1740)
Princess Louisa (1724-1751)
German School, 17th century
Margareta, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d.1418)
Attributed to Ludolf Lafontaine (1704-74)
George I (1660-1727)
German School, 17th century
Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I (1668-1726)
German School, 17th century
Frederick the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d.1478)
German School, 17th century
Magdalena, wife of Friedrich the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d.1454)
Attributed to British School, 16th century
Portrait of a man, traditionally identified as Sir Henry Guildford (1478-1532)
Isaac Oliver (c. 1565-1617)
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-1612)
Isaac Oliver (c. 1565-1617)
Portrait of the artist
Isaac Oliver (c. 1565-1617)
A Young Man Seated Under a Tree
Peter Oliver (1589-1647)
Portrait of the artist
? Nicholas Dixon (1660-1708)
