Loans from the Royal Collection
Current loans to exhibitions from the Royal Collection
Every year hundreds of objects, including paintings, drawings and decorative arts, are lent from the Royal Collection to institutions across the UK and abroad for both short- and long-term display. The loans programme, administered by Royal Collection Trust, enables new audiences to enjoy works of art from the Royal Collection, as well as helping us to increase our understanding of these works.
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See a selection of current loans from the Royal Collection below.
Six of Andrea Mantegna’s monumental paintings from the series The Triumphs of Caesar – considered to be amongst the finest achievements in Italian Renaissance art – have been loaned from the Royal Collection and can now be seen in a special display at the National Gallery. Other items from the Royal Collection are on long-term loan.
The National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia is presenting the first major exhibition of Sydney-born Ralph Heimans’ work in his home country. Preparatory drawings of King Charles III when Prince of Wales have been lent until 27 May and are being exhibited for the first time.
Abraham-Louis Breguet's ‘Sympathique’ clock is on loan until September. This clock demonstrates his genius through a clock which regulates a removable pocket watch. The display brings together a selection of his remarkable pieces, united by their connection to England.
An exhibition on Pre-Raphaelites at Musei San Domenico, Forli, is the first staged in Italy to trace the impact of historical Italian art on the British Pre-Raphaelite movement between the 1840s and 1920s. The items on loan demonstrate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s interest in Italianate art and design and includes items collected and commissioned by the pair.
The exhibition Landscape and Imagination: From Gardens to Land Art, examines the connections between landscape and imagination from the 16th century until the present day. A watercolour of the garden of the Deputy Ranger’s Lodge in Windsor Great Park features in the exhibition until June 2024.
This exhibition brings together over 250 luxury works of art from the 18th century, including boxes, snuffboxes, cases and other fashionable accessories. A group of seven boxes from the Royal Collection form part of this exhibition, including the 1770s Berlin-made snuff box first owned by Frederick I of Prussia. Until 29 September.
Angelica Kauffman RA was one of the most celebrated artists of the 18th century. The exhibition includes the loan of Johan Joseph Zoffany, The Academicians of the Royal Academy until 30 June. As it was regarded as improper for women to attend the Academy’s life drawing classes, Zoffany depicts the two female founding members, Angelica Kauffmann and Mary Moser, as portraits on the wall.
