Portrait Mode

Celebrating Portraiture with the new National Portrait Gallery

Extended until 7th July!

19 June 2023 - 7 July 2023

The National Portrait Gallery is encouraging everyone to get into ‘Portrait Mode‘ this summer to mark the reopening of their Gallery on 22 June following a major transformation project. We’ll be celebrating alongside the new NPG with our own exhibition of Old Master portraits.

Selected works from the exhibition

Roland Moys

c. 1520 – c. 1593

A Portrait of an Elegant Lady, possibly Anne of Austria, in a black Dress with a Lace Collar and a red and white Sash

Workshop of Alonso Sanchez Coello

1531 - 1590

A Portrait of a Lady, probably Anne of Austria, standing, full Length, wearing an elegant Court Dress, a white Ruff and a plumed Hat

Rosalba Carriera

1673 – 1757

A Portrait of Benedetta d’Este

Rodolphe Piguet

1840 – 1915

The Artist in his Atelier

Dutch School 1639

A Portrait of a Child of 27 Months standing, Full Length, in a white Costume with a Bonnet and holding a black Feather Fan; with a Doll on a nearby Table

Master of the Schwartzenberg Portraits

active 1638 – 1645/9

A Portrait of Bartolt Freiherr thoe Schwartzenberg en Hohenlantsberg (1647-1650), painted in 1649 at 1½ years of Age

Jan Kraek, called Giovanni Caracca

1540 – 1607

A Pair of Portraits, probably depicting the two eldest Daughters of Charles-Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy, and Caterina Micaela, née Princess of Spain: Margaret of Savoy (1589-1655), who would later become Duchess of Mantua through her marriage to Francesco IV Gonzaga

Jan Kraek, called Giovanni Caracca

1540 – 1607

A Pair of Portraits, probably depicting the two eldest Daughters of Charles-Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy, and Caterina Micaela, née Princess of Spain and Austria: Isabel of Savoy (1591-1626), who would later become Duchess of Modena through her marriage to Alfonso III d’Este

Gawen Hamilton

c. 1698 – 1737

A large Family Group in an Interior

Daniel Gardner

Kendal c. 1750 - 1805 London

The Suckling Children playing with a Spaniel by a Balustrade

Russian School, Circa 1800

A Group Portrait of the Bookseller Ernst Wilhelm Ziemssen with his Family

Sir Thomas Lawrence

1769 – 1830

A Portrait of Mrs. Harriet Ker-Seymour (or Seymer), Seated, Half-Length, in a White Dress, her left Arm resting on an Orange Mantle

Johann Zoffany

1733 - 1810

A Portrait of William Stackhouse (1720-71), full Length, seated in an Interior

Sir Godfrey Kneller

1646 - 1723

A young Artist, probably a Self-Portrait, working in his Studio with a Still Life of Fruit, a Lute, a Violin and a Globe

Constantijn Netscher

1666 - 1723

A Pair of Portraits of a Gentleman and his Wife with their pet Dogs

Constantijn Netscher

1666 - 1723

A Pair of Portraits of a Gentleman and his Wife with their pet Dogs

Bartolomaus Sarburgh

c. 1590 - after 1637

A Portrait of Burgomaster Sebastian Spörlin (1565-1644), Three-Quarter Length, in a black Doublet with his Spaniel called Credit

Jan Tilius

1653 - 1714

A Portrait of a Gentleman in Armour with a Walking Cane

Auguste François Laby

1784 - 1860

A Young Girl in a White Dress with a Floral Shawl; a Landscape beyond

£ 14,000

Circle of Robert Peake

c 1551 - 1619

A Portrait of a Girl, Half Length, in a Lace Cap and a Ruff wearing an elaborate jewelled Necklace