London – Westminster (Borough of) – Wallace Collection (The Rainbow Landscape by Peter Paul Rubens)
I hadn’t realised how many artworks that Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) had painted, which was over 1,400, so it’s no
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London – Westminster (Borough of) – Wallace Collection (Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School by Diego Velázquez)
This painting in the Wallace Collection has its own Wikipedia page, albeit shared with another version of the artwork. It’s
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London – Westminster (Borough of) – Wallace Collection (Venice: the Bacino di San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore by Canaletto)
Canaletto, one of the few artists whose works are recognisable from the other side of a gallery, painted this artwork
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London – Westminster (Borough of) – Wallace Collection (Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals)
This is perhaps the best-known artwork in the Wallace Collection, although I hadn’t even realised that it was there, so
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London – Westminster (Borough of) – Wallace Collection (Arabs Travelling in the Desert by Horace Vernet)
There are some rather lovely colours in this artwork, painted by Horace Vernet (1789-1863) in 1843 and exhibited in the
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London – Westminster (Borough of) – Wallace Collection (Beni Suef on the Nile by Prosper Marilhat)
This artwork is by Prosper Marilhat (that’s a wonderful first name incidentally) who lived between 1811 and 1847, painting this
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London – Westminster (Borough of) – Wallace Collection
This is my first visit to the Wallace Collection in London, a free museum that’s a short walk away from
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