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