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Past Exhibitions

Collection for a King: Old Master Paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery

April 14-September 2, 1985 (taken down September 9)

Overview: 36 paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn, Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin, Guercino, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Canaletto, William Hogarth, and others were selected by Giles Waterfield, director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery on the outskirts of London. 37 works were listed in the catalogue. Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. was coordinator at the Gallery.

The exhibition was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and, in Washington, by a grant from Gerald D. Hines Interests.

Attendance: 498,258 (143 days)

Location: West Building, Ground Floor, Central Gallery (3,000 sq. ft.)

Catalogue: Collection for a King: Old Master Paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Dulwich, England: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1985.

Other venues:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
October 3, 1985-January 5, 1986
National Academy of Design, New York
January 21-February 16, 1986

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