Sir Robert Walpole's pictures in Russia.

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: October 1, 1996| Author: Moore, Andrew | Copyright information

Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), the first earl of Oxford, amassed a collection of nearly 200 old master paintings during his lifetime. They were collected through gifts, the help of friends, family and diplomats and purchases at auction sales in London. They were sold to Empress Catherine II in 1779.

In 1779 the collection of almost two hundred old master paintings amassed by Sir Robert Walpole, the first earl of Orford, was sold to Empress Catherine II (the Great; r. 1762-1796) of ...

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