Last Chance to Catch 'Victoria & Albert: Art & Love' at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Nicola McCartney, Thursday, 2nd December 2010
This Sunday, 5 December 2010, is the last day of ‘Victoria & Albert: Art & Love’, the current exhibition on at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, before it closes for winter. Due to popular demand the show has already been extended – it is the first exhibition ever to focus on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s shared enthusiasm for art. This is the same Prince that brought us The Great Exhibition of 1851 and who, together with his wife, amassed one of the most important collections of contemporary and old master art of their time. With a sparkling display of over 400 items from the Royal Collection, from architectural palace plans to crown jewels, it celebrates the royal couple’s mutual delight in collecting and displaying works of art throughout their relationship. I most enjoyed the jolly portraits of the Queen as a child and passionate spouse (see above), which came as a welcomed contrast to the stereotyped, melancholy widow we are more familiar with.
The Queen’s Gallery doesn’t open again until 15 April 2011 with its new exhibition, ‘Dutch Landscapes’, a collection of 42 paintings from the Dutch ‘golden age’, including works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp and Meyndert Hobbema, who inspired British artists such as Constable and Turner.
‘Victoria & Albert: Art & Love’ ends 5 December 2010 at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London.
www.royalcollection.org.uk
Image credit: Queen Victoria, 1843 (oil on canvas) by Winterhalter, Franz Xaver (1805-73). The Royal Collection © 2010 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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