Buckingham Palace art collection to go on gallery display for the first time

Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace’s art collection are going on view at the Queen’s Gallery in London for one year while the palace is renovated.

Works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, Vermeer, Van Dyck, Canaletto and others have been on the walls of one of the state rooms of Buckingham Palace for two centuries, admired by those invited to receptions as well as by visitors with audio guides shuffling through as part of the annual summer opening.

Now, one of the world’s most spectacular collections of art is to be shown in a gallery exhibition setting for the first time, as impending work to overhaul the palace’s ageing wiring and antiquated lead pipes means they have to be temporarily removed.

It’s a one-off opportunity, according toDesmond Shawe-Taylor, surveyor of the Queen’s pictures. In total 65 pieces of artwork will make the short journey to the Queen’s Gallery for a year long display.
Courtesy of The Guardian
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