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Duke of Buccleuch collection

Duke of Buccleuch collection

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The art collection of the Duke of Buccleuch is mostly European. The holdings, principally collected over a period of 300 years, comprise some 500 paintings, 1,000 miniatures and an enormous selection of objets d'art including furniture, porcelain, armour, jewellery and silverwork. The vast majority of the collection is divided between three principal locations: Bowhill House, Drumlanrig Castle and Boughton House.

Old Woman Reading, Rembrandt, 1655

Collection

Paintings and drawing

Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Leonardo da Vinci, 1501
Portrait of Sir Nicholas Carew, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1532–33

Dutch School

English School

Flemish School

French School

German School

Italian School

Scottish School

Spanish School

See also

Bibliography

  • Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1994), Great Houses of England & Wales, London: Lawrence King Publishing Ltd
  • Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1997), Great Houses of Scotland, London: Lawrence King Publishing Ltd
  • Murdoch, Tessa (1992), Boughton House, The English Versailles, London: Faber and Faber Limited
  • Boughton House (Guide Book), St. Ives: Photo Precision Limited, 1976
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