Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Dulwich Picture Gallery is a historic public art museum in London, renowned as one of the world’s first purpose-built public art galleries and for its influential neoclassical design.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
historic building
public museum
architect Sir John Soane
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
category art museums and galleries in London
buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark
neoclassical architecture in London
collectionType Baroque paintings
European Old Master paintings
Renaissance paintings
country United Kingdom
foundedBy Francis Bourgeois NERFINISHED
Noel Desenfans
foundedFor housing the art collection of Francis Bourgeois
hasCollection works by Canaletto
works by Claude Lorrain
works by Constable
works by Cuyp
works by Gainsborough
works by Hogarth
works by Lawrence
works by Murillo
works by Poussin
works by Rembrandt
works by Reynolds
works by Rubens
works by Ruisdael
works by Tiepolo
works by Turner
works by Van Dyck
works by Van Huysum
works by Watteau
hasCollectionSize over 600 paintings
hasFeature central mausoleum
distinctive lantern lighting
enclosed burial vaults
enfilade of galleries
top-lit picture galleries
hasFunction education programmes
permanent collection display
public events
temporary exhibitions
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building
inception 1811
locatedIn England
London
United Kingdom
location Dulwich
near Dulwich College NERFINISHED
Dulwich Park
notableFor being one of the world’s first purpose-built public art galleries
influential neoclassical design
opened 1817
operatedAs independent charitable trust

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
South East London
hasLandmark
Sir John Soane
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