Wallace Collection

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The Wallace Collection is a renowned London museum housed in a historic townhouse, famed for its exceptional assemblage of fine and decorative arts from the 15th to 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
charitable trust
national museum
admissionPolicy free admission
buildingName Hertford House
buildingType historic townhouse
city London, England
surface form: London
collectionFocus European paintings
French 18th-century art
Sèvres porcelain
arms and armour
decorative arts
fine art
furniture
miniatures
sculpture
works on paper
collectionOrigin art collection of Sir Richard Wallace
art collection of the Marquesses of Hertford
collectionSize over 5,000 objects
collectionStrength 18th-century French furniture
European princely arms and armour
French Rococo painting
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
surface form: Sèvres porcelain
collectionTimespan 15th century to 19th century
country United Kingdom
foundedBy Lady Wallace
governedBy board of trustees
hasRestaurant yes
hasShop yes
heritageStatus Grade II* listed building
inception 1900
legalStatus non-departmental public body
locatedIn City of Westminster
London, England
surface form: London

Marylebone
locatedOn Manchester Square
namedAfter Sir Richard Wallace
notableWorkHeld Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time"
surface form: A Dance to the Music of Time by Nicolas Poussin

The Laughing Cavalier
surface form: Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals

Perseus and Andromeda by Peter Paul Rubens
The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello
The Laughing Boy by Frans Hals
The Music Party by Antoine Watteau
The Rainbow Landscape by Peter Paul Rubens
The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Venus, Mars and Cupid by Paolo Veronese
publicOpeningDate 22 June 1900
region England
sponsor UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport
surface form: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
streetAddress Hertford House
website https://www.wallacecollection.org/

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Marylebone hasLandmark Wallace Collection
Marylebone hasMuseum Wallace Collection
Jean-Baptiste Pater hasWorkInCollection Wallace Collection
The Laughing Cavalier location Wallace Collection
The Laughing Cavalier collection Wallace Collection
The Laughing Cavalier exhibitedAt Wallace Collection
this entity surface form: Wallace Collection, London
The Laughing Cavalier catalogCode Wallace Collection
this entity surface form: P63 (Wallace Collection catalogue)
Nicolas Lancret hasWorkInCollection Wallace Collection
Marylebone, London, England hasLandmark Wallace Collection
subject surface form: Marylebone
this entity surface form: The Wallace Collection