Artworks at Hampton Court Palace mainly belong to the Royal Collection and are subject to change. They are displayed in several parts of the palace, including the Cumberland Art Gallery.[1] In September 2015, the Royal Collection recorded 542 works (only those with images) as being located at Hampton Court, mostly paintings and furniture, but also ceramics and sculpture. The full current list can be obtained from their website.[2] The paintings as of 2026 include:
- Andrea Mantegna – Two of the Triumphs of Caesar (c.1484-92) with the remaining seven on loan to the National Gallery until the refurbishment of Hampton Court's dedicated gallery is completed in May 2027.
- Artemisia Gentileschi – Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (c.1638-39).
- Unknown Artists – Field of Cloth of Gold (c.1545); Embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover (c.1545); The Family of Henry VIII (c.1545).
- Canaletto – 12 views of Venice.
- Caravaggio – Boy Peeling Fruit (c.1592-93).
- Correggio – The Holy Family with St Jerome (c.1519); St Catherine Reading (c.1530-32).
- Claude – Harbour Scene at Sunset (c.1643).
- Girolamo da Treviso – The Four Evangelists Stoning the Pope (c.1538-1544).
- Hans Holbein – William Reskimer (c.1536-39); Portrait of Henry VIII (c.1542).
- Jan Brueghel the Elder – A Flemish Fair (c.1600); Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (c.1615).
- Justus of Ghent – Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, Listening to a Discourse (c. 1480).
- Joos van Cleve – Portrait of Henry VIII (c.1530-35).
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger – Portrait of a Woman (c.1590-1600).
- Orazio Gentileschi – Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife (c.1630-32); A Sibyl (c.1635-38).
- Perugino – Saint Jerome in Penitence (c.1480-85).
- Rembrandt – An Old Woman called 'The Artist's Mother' (c.1627-9).
- Remigius van Leemput – The Allegory of the Tudor Succession (c.1667), copy of Holbein's lost work.
- Sir Anthony Van Dyck – The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine (c.1630); the modello for King Charles I on Horseback (c.1635); Princess Mary Stuart (c.1637); Margaret Lemon (c.1638); The Infant Christ and St John the Baptist (c.1639).
- Sir Edwin Landseer – Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Bal Costumé (c.1842).
- Sir Godfrey Kneller – Hampton Court Beauties (c.1690s); William III on Horseback (c.1701); Henry Wise (c.1715); Mehemet (c.1715); George II when Prince of Wales (c.1716).
- Sir Peter Lely – Windsor Beauties (c.1660s); Anne Hyde, Duchess of York (c.1662); Mary II, when Princess of Orange (c.1677).
- Sir Peter Paul Rubens – Pythagoras Advocating Vegetarianism (c.1628-30); Diana and her Nymphs Spied upon by Satyrs (c.1616).
- Thomas Gainsborough – Diana and Actaeon (c.1785-88).
- Tintoretto – The Virgin and Child (c.1545).
- Veronese – Judith with the Head of Holofernes (c.1560-69); David Victorious over Goliath (c.1565-69).
- William Scrots – Edward VI (c.1550).
- Painted ceilings by Antonio Verrio, James Thornhill, and William Kent.
- Landscapes by Cornelis von Poelenburgh, Paul Bril, Philips Wouwerman, Roelandt Savery, Marten van Heemskerck, Nicolaes Bercham, Adam Elsheimer, Hendrick Danckerts, Frans Snyders, Pieter de Hooch, Leonard Knyff and the Van de Velde family.
- Early Renaissance triptychs and altarpiece fragments by Fra Angelico, Bernardo Daddi, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Benozzo Gozzoli and Zanobi Strozzi.
Apart from the paintings some important tapestries are displayed, including:
- The Story of Abraham – Flemish, set of 10 tapestries commissioned by Henry VIII in the early 1540s, 6 of which are displayed in the Great Hall.
- The Triumph of Fame over Death – Flemish, c.1500-23, purchased by Cardinal Wolsey from the executors of the Bishop of Durham's will in 1523.
- Conflict of Virtues and Vice – Flemish, c.1500, probably bought by Cardinal Wolsey in 1522.
- The Story of Alexander the Great – Brussels, late 17th century, in the Queen's Gallery.
- The Labours of Hercules & The Triumph of Bacchus – Brussels, purchased by Henry VIII in the 1540s, in the King's Presence Chamber.
References
- "Cumberland Art Gallery".
- Collection search - choose Hampton Court from the drop-down menu for "Where?"