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Description: | Including the informal portrait of Nathaniel Curzon and his wife by Nathaniel Hone.
Old master paintings are represented in the collections, Nathaniel Curzon acquired paintings from the great collection of the Marchese Arnaldi in Florence (e.g. the pair by Cirro Ferri in the dining room and the Sacchi of ÃWinterÃ' in the Library). Other important paintings were purchased in England, including the Bol portrait and Vanvitelli ÃPort of NaplesÃ' in the Music Room.
Paintings are in evidence throughout the hall as commissioned decorative pieces, by William Hamilton, Biagio Rebeccam Zucchi and Zuccarelli.
Items contained in the Eastern Museum, which contains artefacts collected during the early travels in the Middle Easy and during the vice regality on India of Lord Curzon, (1899-1905).
International significance | Subjects: | Fine arts Paintings Family portraits Portraits | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | 01332 842191 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4223 | Go to resource |
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