Courtauld Gallery
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The Courtauld Gallery is an art museum in Somerset House, on the Strand in central London. It houses the art collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art, a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. The Courtauld collection was formed largely through donations and bequests and includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works from medieval to modern times; it is particularly known for its French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. In total, the collection contains some 530 paintings and over 26,000 drawings and prints.
The collection features Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear, Easel and Japanese Print.
Highlights of the collection
Paintings
Dutch School
- Vincent Van Gogh – 2 paintings;
Early Netherlandish
- Robert Campin (or Master of Flemalle), the Seilern Triptych
- Quentin Matsys – 2 paintings;
English School
- William Beechey – 2 paintings;
- Thomas Gainsborough – 2 paintings;
- Peter Lely – 3 paintings;
Flemish School
- Anthony van Dyck – 5 paintings;
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder – 2 paintings, many drawings;
- Peter Paul Rubens – 29 paintings;
- David Teniers the Younger – 10 paintings;
French School
- Paul Cézanne – 12 paintings;
- Edgar Degas – 6 paintings;
- Paul Gauguin – 3 paintings;
- Claude Lorrain – 1 painting;
- Édouard Manet – 4 paintings;
- Claude Monet – 3 paintings;
- Camille Pissarro – 4 paintings;
- Georges-Pierre Seurat – 9 paintings;
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir – 4 paintings;
- Chaim Soutine – 1 painting;
German School
- Lucas Cranach the Elder – 1 painting;
Italian School
- Fra Angelico – 4 paintings;
- Giovanni Bellini – 1 painting;
- Sandro Botticelli – 1 painting;
- Bernardo Daddi – 2 paintings;
- Lorenzo Lotto – 2 paintings;
- Lorenzo Monaco – 2 paintings;
- Pietro Perugino – 1 painting;
- Pesellino – a diptych
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – 12 paintings;
- Tintoretto – 2 paintings;
Spanish School
- Francisco Goya – 1 painting;
