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Description: | The collection of Thomas Gambier Parry (1816-88) was bequeathed to the Courtauld by his grandson, Mark Gambier-Parry, in 1966. Gambier Parry assembled his collection between the 1830s and 1870s, initially purchasing 17th-century Italian paintings in keeping with mainstream mid-Victorian taste, before turning increasingly to earlier Florentine art of the 14th and 15th centuries.
Outstanding among the paintings is The Crucifixion and Saints of 1348, a polyptych altarpiece by Bernardo Daddi. Other works from the collection include a set of predella panels depicting the story of St Julitta and St Quiricus by Borghese di Piero, and Nicola di Maestro Antonio dÃ'AnconaÃ's St Peter, together with Iznic ceramics and Spanish lustreware that form part of Gambier ParryÃ's important collection of decorative arts. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Somerset House
Strand
London Great Britain (UK),
WC2R 0RN | FAX: | 020 7848 2589 | Telephone: | 020 7848 2526 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5351 | Go to resource |
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