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It was established in 1897 from the private collection mainly created by [[Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford]] (1800-1870), who left it and the house to his illegitimate son [[Sir Richard Wallace]] (1818-1890), whose widow bequeathed the entire collection to the nation. The museum opened to the public in 1900 in Hertford House, [[Manchester Square]], and remains there, housed in its entirety, to this day. A condition of the bequest was that no object ever leave the collection, even for loan exhibitions. Admission is free. It was established in 1897 from the private collection mainly created by [[Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford]] (1800-1870), who left it and the house to his illegitimate son [[Sir Richard Wallace]] (1818-1890), whose widow bequeathed the entire collection to the nation. The museum opened to the public in 1900 in Hertford House, [[Manchester Square]], and remains there, housed in its entirety, to this day. A condition of the bequest was that no object ever leave the collection, even for loan exhibitions. Admission is free.
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 +==Pictures and miniatures==
 +The Wallace Collection's Old Master paintings represent some of the finest works of art in the world, executed by most of the leading artists of their period. The paintings include important works from all periods between the fourteenth to the mid-nineteenth century.
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 +The Wallace Collection is particularly strong in [[Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch]] and [[Flemish painting|Flemish]] paintings of the seventeenth century and in eighteenth and nineteenth-century French paintings, though there are also outstanding works by English, Italian and Spanish artists. Strengths of the collection include examples by Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck, Canaletto, Gainsborough, François Boucher, [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard]], Murillo, Titian, [[Poussin]] and Velázquez.
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 +The inventory of pictures, watercolours and drawings comprises all the major European schools.
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 +===Paintings, drawing and watercolours from the Wallace Collection===
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 +''Dutch School
 +:*[[Gerard ter Borch|Borch, Gerard ter]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Aelbert Cuyp|Cuyp, Aelbert]] - 6 paintings;
 +:*[[Gerrit Dou|Dou, Gerrit]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Frans Hals|Hals, Frans]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Meyndert Hobbema|Hobbema, Meyndert]] - 5 paintings;
 +:*[[Pieter de Hooch|Hooch, Pieter de]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Gabriel Metsu|Metsu, Gabriel]] - 5 paintings;
 +:*[[Adriaen van Ostade|Ostade, Adriaen van]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Rembrandt|Rembrandt van Rijn]] - 6 paintings;
 +:*[[Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael|Ruisdael, Jacob van]] - 5 painting;
 +:*[[Frans Snyders|Snyders, Frans]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Jan Steen|Steen, Jan]] - 5 paintings;
 +:*[[Adriaen van de Velde|Velde, Adriaen van de]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Willem van de Velde the Younger|Velde, Willem van de...the Younger]] - 8 paintings;
 +:*[[Jan Weenix|Weenix, Jan]] - 13 painting;
 +:*[[Philip Wouwerman|Wouwerman, Philip]] - 6 paintings;
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 +''English School''
 +:*[[Thomas Gainsborough|Gainsborough, Thomas]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[John Hoppner|Hoppner, John]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Edwin Henry Landseer|Landseer, Sir Edwin]] - 4 paintings;
 +:*[[Thomas Lawrence (painter)|Lawrence, Thomas]] - 4 paintings;
 +:*[[Joshua Reynolds|Reynolds, Joshua]] - 12 paintings;
 +:*[[Joseph Mallord William Turner|J.M.W. Turner]] - 4 paintings;
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 +''Flemish School''
 +:*[[Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Jan Mabuse|Gossaert, Jan]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Hans Memling|Memling, Hans]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Pieter Pourbus]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens, Peter Paul]] - 9 paintings;
 +:*[[David Teniers the Younger|Teniers, David]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Anthony van Dyck|Van Dyck, Anthony]] - 4 paintings ;
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 +''French School''
 +:*[[François Boucher|Boucher, François]] - 20 paintings;
 +:*[[Philippe de Champaigne|Champaigne, Philippe de]] - 4 paintings;
 +:*[[François Clouet|Clouet, François]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot|Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Eugène Delacroix|Delacroix, Eugène]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Hippolyte Delaroche|Delaroche, Hippolyte]] - 12 paintings;
 +:*[[Gaspard Dughet|Dughet, Gaspard]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Jean-Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard, Jean-Honoré]] - 8 painting;
 +:*[[Claude Lorrain|Gellée, Claude]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Théodore Géricault|Géricault, Théodore]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Jean-Baptiste Greuze|Greuze, Jean-Baptiste]] - 19 paintings;
 +:*[[Jean-Marc Nattier|Nattier, Jean-Marc]] - 3 paintings;
 +:*[[Nicolas Poussin|Poussin, Nicolas]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Théodore Rousseau|Rousseau, Théodore]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Jean-François de Troy|Troy, Jean-François de]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Claude-Joseph Vernet|Vernet, Claude-Joseph]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Horace Vernet|Vernet, Horace]] - 24 paintings;
 +:*[[Jean-Antoine Watteau|Watteau, Jean-Antoine]] - 9 paintings;
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 +''Italian School''
 +:*[[Canaletto]], (Giovanni Antonio Canal) - 19 paintings;
 +:*[[Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano|Cima, da Conegliano]] - 2 paintings;
 +:*[[Carlo Crivelli|Crivelli, Carlo]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Francesco Guardi|Guardi, Francesco]] - 9 paintings;
 +:*[[Salvator Rosa|Rosa, Salvator]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Andrea del Sarto|Sarto, Andrea del]] - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Titian]], (Tiziano Vecelli) - 1 painting;
 +:*[[Domenico Zampieri|(Domenichino)]] - 1 painting;
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 +''Spanish School''
 +:*[[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo|Murillo, Bartolomé-Esteban]] - 8 paintings;
 +:*[[Diego Velázquez|Velázquez, Diego]] - 2 paintings;
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The Wallace Collection is a British museum in London, with a world-famous range of fine and decorative arts from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries with large holdings of French 18th-century paintings, furniture, arms & armour, porcelain and Old Master paintings arranged into 25 galleries.

It was established in 1897 from the private collection mainly created by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800-1870), who left it and the house to his illegitimate son Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890), whose widow bequeathed the entire collection to the nation. The museum opened to the public in 1900 in Hertford House, Manchester Square, and remains there, housed in its entirety, to this day. A condition of the bequest was that no object ever leave the collection, even for loan exhibitions. Admission is free.


Pictures and miniatures

The Wallace Collection's Old Master paintings represent some of the finest works of art in the world, executed by most of the leading artists of their period. The paintings include important works from all periods between the fourteenth to the mid-nineteenth century.

The Wallace Collection is particularly strong in Dutch and Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century and in eighteenth and nineteenth-century French paintings, though there are also outstanding works by English, Italian and Spanish artists. Strengths of the collection include examples by Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck, Canaletto, Gainsborough, François Boucher, Fragonard, Murillo, Titian, Poussin and Velázquez.

The inventory of pictures, watercolours and drawings comprises all the major European schools.

Paintings, drawing and watercolours from the Wallace Collection

Dutch School

English School

Flemish School

French School

Italian School

Spanish School


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