Kenwood: Paintings in the Iveagh Bequest

by Julius Bryant

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Set high on a ridge in historic parkland less than five miles from Trafalgar Square, Kenwood is London's favourite "country house". Remodelled by Robert Adam in the 18th century, in 1928 it became the home of the Iveagh Bequest, a superb collection of old master paintings donated by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh. The collection includes Rembrandt's most celebrated self-portrait, one of only five Vermeers in Britain, Gainsborough's Countess Howe, and classic works by Reynolds, Romney, Lawrence, and Turner. This book is published to mark the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Iveagh Bequest and is...Read more
  • ISBN10 0300102062
  • ISBN13 9780300102062
  • Publish Date 11 October 2003
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 24 June 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 400
  • Language English