Royal Collection, United Kingdom

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The Royal Collection in the United Kingdom is one of the largest and most important art collections in the world, held in trust by the British monarch and encompassing a vast range of paintings, decorative arts, and historic objects displayed across royal residences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art collection ⓘ
royal collection ⓘ
associatedWith British cultural heritage ⓘ
Royal Household ⓘ
contains arms and armour ⓘ
books ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
drawings ⓘ
furniture ⓘ
historic objects ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
miniatures ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
photographs ⓘ
prints ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
silver ⓘ
tapestries ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
watercolours ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
displayedAt Balmoral Castle ⓘ
Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
Sandringham House ⓘ
Windsor Castle ⓘ
other occupied royal residences in the United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom ⓘ
fundedBy Royal Collection Trust income ⓘ
governedBy Royal Collection Trust board of trustees ⓘ
hasNotableWork Canaletto views of Venice ⓘ
Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs and objects ⓘ
linked to: Fabergé egg

Leonardo da Vinci drawings at Windsor Castle ⓘ
Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court Palace (on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum) ⓘ
Royal ceremonial regalia and insignia (excluding Crown Jewels held by the Crown Jewels collection) ⓘ
State portraits of British monarchs ⓘ
hasNotableWorkBy Canaletto ⓘ
Caravaggio ⓘ
Claude Lorrain ⓘ
Fabergé ⓘ
linked to: Fabergé egg

Gainsborough ⓘ
George Stubbs ⓘ
Holbein the Younger ⓘ
J. M. W. Turner ⓘ
Johann Zoffany ⓘ
John Constable ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
Poussin ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas Poussin

Raphael ⓘ
Rembrandt ⓘ
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn

Rubens ⓘ
linked to: Peter Paul Rubens

Titian ⓘ
Van Dyck ⓘ
linked to: Anthony van Dyck

Vermeer ⓘ
hasOnlinePresence Royal Collection Trust website ⓘ
hasPart Prints and Drawings collection ⓘ
Royal Armouries items retained by the monarch ⓘ
Royal Library at Windsor Castle ⓘ
Royal Photograph Collection ⓘ
linked to: Royal Archives
heldInTrustBy British monarch ⓘ
isOneOf largest art collections in the world ⓘ
most important art collections in the world ⓘ
legalStatus held in trust for the nation by the sovereign ⓘ
managedBy Royal Collection Trust ⓘ
notFundedBy UK government grant-in-aid for acquisitions ⓘ
ownedBy Crown ⓘ
primaryFunction support the official and private activities of the monarch ⓘ
publicAccess through guided tours of royal residences ⓘ
through loans to museums and galleries ⓘ
through special exhibitions ⓘ
publishes catalogues and scholarly research on the collection ⓘ
relatedTo Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom ⓘ
scope Asian art ⓘ
European art ⓘ
global decorative arts ⓘ
works from the Renaissance to the present day ⓘ
secondaryFunction public display and education ⓘ

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Canaletto → inCollection → Royal Collection, United Kingdom ⓘ
Sword of Mercy → collection → Royal Collection of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Royal Collection, United Kingdom
Sword of Mercy → collection → Royal Collection of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Royal Collection, United Kingdom
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) → location → Royal Collection, United Kingdom ⓘ
Royal Order of Victoria and Albert → locationOfInsigniaCollection → Royal Collection, United Kingdom ⓘ
Queen Mary Fringe Tiara → location → United Kingdom (royal collection, usually kept in royal vaults) ⓘ
linked to: Royal Collection, United Kingdom