Royal Collection, United Kingdom

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The Royal Collection in the United Kingdom is one of the largest and most important art collections in the world, held in trust by the British monarch and encompassing a vast range of paintings, decorative arts, and historic objects displayed across royal residences.

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Royal Collection of the United Kingdom 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art collection
royal collection
associatedWith British cultural heritage
Royal Household NERFINISHED
contains arms and armour
books
ceramics
drawings
furniture
historic objects
manuscripts
miniatures
paintings
photographs
prints
sculpture
silver
tapestries
textiles
watercolours
country United Kingdom
displayedAt Balmoral Castle NERFINISHED
Buckingham Palace NERFINISHED
Palace of Holyroodhouse NERFINISHED
Sandringham House NERFINISHED
Windsor Castle NERFINISHED
other occupied royal residences in the United Kingdom
distinctFrom Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
fundedBy Royal Collection Trust income
governedBy Royal Collection Trust board of trustees NERFINISHED
hasNotableWork Canaletto views of Venice NERFINISHED
Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs and objects NERFINISHED
Leonardo da Vinci drawings at Windsor Castle NERFINISHED
Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court Palace (on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum) NERFINISHED
Royal ceremonial regalia and insignia (excluding Crown Jewels held by the Crown Jewels collection)
State portraits of British monarchs
hasNotableWorkBy Canaletto NERFINISHED
Caravaggio NERFINISHED
Claude Lorrain NERFINISHED
Fabergé NERFINISHED
Gainsborough NERFINISHED
George Stubbs NERFINISHED
Holbein the Younger NERFINISHED
J. M. W. Turner NERFINISHED
Johann Zoffany NERFINISHED
John Constable NERFINISHED
Leonardo da Vinci NERFINISHED
Michelangelo NERFINISHED
Poussin NERFINISHED
Raphael NERFINISHED
Rembrandt NERFINISHED
Rubens NERFINISHED
Titian NERFINISHED
Van Dyck NERFINISHED
Vermeer NERFINISHED
hasOnlinePresence Royal Collection Trust website NERFINISHED
hasPart Prints and Drawings collection
Royal Armouries items retained by the monarch
Royal Library at Windsor Castle NERFINISHED
Royal Photograph Collection NERFINISHED
heldInTrustBy British monarch NERFINISHED
isOneOf largest art collections in the world
most important art collections in the world
legalStatus held in trust for the nation by the sovereign
managedBy Royal Collection Trust NERFINISHED
notFundedBy UK government grant-in-aid for acquisitions
ownedBy Crown NERFINISHED
primaryFunction support the official and private activities of the monarch
publicAccess through guided tours of royal residences
through loans to museums and galleries
through special exhibitions
publishes catalogues and scholarly research on the collection
relatedTo Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
scope Asian art
European art
global decorative arts
works from the Renaissance to the present day
secondaryFunction public display and education

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Sword of Mercy collection Royal Collection, United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
Sword of Mercy of the Crown Jewels collection Royal Collection, United Kingdom
subject surface form: Sword of Mercy
this entity surface form: Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
Canaletto inCollection Royal Collection, United Kingdom
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) location Royal Collection, United Kingdom