Sir Robert Walpole's pictures in Russia. The Magazine Antiques | October 1, 1996| | COPYRIGHT 1996 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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 Russia. This month, exhibitions in Norwich, England, and New Haven, Connecticut, examine different aspects of this collection and its sale. All the works of art reproduced here may be seen in one or the other exhibition.

In the summer of 1870 J. Bearington Atkinson, a young English art critic, embarked on a five-thousand-mile exploration of the great art galleries and museums of Russia, ...

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