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Changing the guard in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace

Changing the guard in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. ©

The Picture Gallery inside Buckingham Palace displays some of the greatest paintings in the Royal Collection. It was created by the architect John Nash as part of his transformation of Buckingham House into a palace for George IV from 1825. The 47-metre room was designed as a setting for the King’s picture collection.

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Rembrandt's Agatha Bas

Agatha Bas (07:24)

Lady at the Virginals (04:05)

Anthony van Dyck painting 'Christ healing'

Christ healing (03:04)

Rubens painting 'Winter: The interior of a barn'

Winter: The interior of a barn (03:36)

Canaletto painting 'The Piazzetta looking towards Santa Maria della Salute'

The Piazzetta looking towards Santa Maria (03:54)

Seascape with Jonah and the Whale

Seascape with Jonah and the Whale (02:19)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens, A Self-Portrait, 1623

Rubens Self portrait (11:33)

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Agatha Bas

Lady at the Virginals

Christ healing

Winter: The interior of a barn

The Piazzetta looking towards Santa Maria della Salute

Seascape with Jonah and the Whale

Rubens Self Portrait

The Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace

Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited

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A painting of Christ healing the paralysed man by Anthony van Dyck.

Anthony van Dyck, Christ Healing the Paralysed Man, c. 1619 (RCIN 405325)

A portrait painting of Agatha Bas wearing a black gown worn over a stomacher of which silk patterned with gold flowers.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Agatha Bas, 1641 (RCIN 405352)

A painting of a young woman who stands by a virginal by Vermeer.

Johannes Vermeer, Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman, early 1660s (RCIN 405346)

A painting of the interior of a barn by Sir Peter Paul Rubens.

Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Winter: The Interior of a Barn, c. 1618-19 (RCIN 401417)

A painting of storm scene by Gaspard Dughet. Jonah offers himself and is thrown overboard.

Gaspard Dughet, Seascape with Jonah and the Whale, c. 1653-4 (RCIN 405355)

This painting by Canaletto shows the view towards the Dogana, the porticoed custom house at the entrance to the Grand Canal, and the church of Santa Maria della Salute.

Canaletto, The Piazzetta looking towards Santa Maria della Salute, c. 1723-24 (RCIN 405073)

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