{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Angerstein Collection''' comprises 38 paintings that were bought by the British government from the collection of John Julius Angerstein after his death in 1823. They became the first works held by the National Gallery, London, on its foundation in 1824, including the works now catalogued in its collection as NG1, NG2 and NG3, and others up to NG122. They were initially displayed at Angerstein's townhouse at 100 Pall Mall. Other early works acquired by the National Gallery include 16 paintings donated by Sir George Beaumont in 1826, and a bequest of 35 paintings by the Reverend William Holwell Carr by 1831.
The collection includes many Old Masters, including five by Claude Lorrain, four attributed to Annibale Carracci or his cousin Ludovico Carracci or their circle, three by Anthony van Dyck, three after Correggio, two by Titian or his workshop, two by Rembrandt or his workshop, two by Gaspard Dughet, and two by Peter Paul Rubens, as well as single paintings by Aelbert Cuyp, Damiano Mazza, Raphael, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Justus Sustermans, and one after Nicolas Poussin. It also included several more modern paintings: seven works by William Hogarth, including the complete series of six paintings of ''Marriage A-la-Mode'', and one painting each by Joshua Reynolds and David Wilkie.
==List of works== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable" | Image ! Artist ! Title ! Date ! Current collection ! {{abbr|Acc. no.|Accession number in the holding institution}} |- | 150x150px|center | Sebastiano del Piombo | {{sort|Raising of Lazarus|''The Raising of Lazarus''}} | 1517–1519 | National Gallery | NG1 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Claude|Lorrain}} | ''Landscape with Cephalus and Procris reunited by Diana'' | 1645 | National Gallery | NG2 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Titian, possibly|Possibly by Titian}} | {{sort|Music Lesson|''The Music Lesson''}} | {{circa|1535|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG3 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Claude|Lorrain}} | {{sort|Seaport|''A Seaport''}} | 1644 | National Gallery | NG5 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Correggio, after|After Correggio}} | ''Group of Heads'' | {{sort|1587>|before 1587}} | National Gallery | NG7 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Claude|Lorrain}} | ''The Mill'' (or {{ill|Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca|lt=''Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca''|es| Paisaje con la boda de Isaac y Rebeca}}) | 1648 | National Gallery | NG12 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Claude|Lorrain}} | ''Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba'' | 1648 | National Gallery | NG14 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Carracci, Annibale, circle of|Circle of Annibale Carracci}} | ''Saint John the Baptist seated in the Wilderness'' | {{sort|1600≤|early 17th century}} | National Gallery | NG25 |- | 150x150px|center | Raphael | ''Portrait of Pope Julius II'' | 1511 | National Gallery | NG27 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Ludovico|Carracci}} | ''Susannah and the Elders'' | 1616 | National Gallery | NG28 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Claude|Lorrain}} | ''Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula'' | 1641 | National Gallery | NG30 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Gaspard|Dughet}} | ''Landscape with Abraham and Isaac'' | {{circa|1665|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG31 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Damiano|Mazza|dab=artist}} | {{sort|Rape of Ganymede|''The Rape of Ganymede''}} | {{circa|1575|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG32 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Titian, workshop of|Workshop of Titian}} | ''Venus and Adonis'' | {{circa|1554|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG34 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Gaspard|Dughet}} | ''Landscape with a Storm'' | {{circa|1660|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG36 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Correggio, after|After Correggio}} | ''Group of Heads'' | {{sort|1587>|before 1587}} | National Gallery | NG37 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Peter Paul|Rubens}} | {{sort|Rape of the Sabine Women|''The Rape of the Sabine Women''}} | {{sort|1635–1640|probably 1635–1640}} | National Gallery | NG38 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Poussin, Nicolas|Nicolas Poussin}} | {{sort|Triumph of Silenus|''The Triumph of Silenus''}} | {{circa|1636|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG42 |- | 150x150px|center | Rembrandt | {{sort|Woman Taken in Adultery|''The Woman Taken in Adultery''}} | 1644 | National Gallery | NG45 |- | 150x150px|center | Pupil of Rembrandt | {{sort|Adoration of the Shepherds|''The Adoration of the Shepherds''}} | 1646 | National Gallery | NG47 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Anthony van|Dyck}} | ''Portrait of George Gage with Two Attendants'' | {{sort|1622–1623|probably 1622–1623}} | National Gallery | NG49 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Anthony van|Dyck}} | ''Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral'' | {{circa|1619–1620|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG50 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Anthony van|Dyck}} | ''Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest'' | {{circa|1620|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG52 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Aelbert|Cuyp}} | {{sort|Hilly Landscape with Figures|''A Hilly Landscape with Figures''}} | {{circa|1655–1660|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG53 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Rubens, Peter Paul, workshop of|Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens}} | {{sort|Holy Family with Saints in a Landscape|''The Holy Family with Saints in a Landscape''}} | {{sort|1635<|after 1635}} | National Gallery | NG67 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Correggio, after|After Correggio}} | {{sort|Agony in the Garden|''The Agony in the Garden''}} | {{sort|1640–1750~|probably {{circa|1640–1750}}}} | National Gallery | NG76 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sort|Carracci, Annibale, circle of|Circle of Annibale Carracci}} | ''Erminia takes Refuge with the Shepherds'' | {{sort|1600≤|early 17th century}} | National Gallery | NG88 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Justus|Sustermans}} | ''Double Portrait of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and his Wife Vittoria della Rovere'' | {{sort|1660s~|probably 1660s}} | National Gallery | NG89 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Annibale|Carracci}} | ''Marsyas and Olympus'' | 1597–1600 | National Gallery | NG94 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|Joshua|Reynolds}} | ''Portrait of Lord Heathfield with the keys of Gibraltar'' | 1787 | National Gallery | NG111 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|William|Hogarth}} | {{sort|Painter and his Pug|''The Painter and his Pug''}} | 1745 | Tate | {{sort|NG112|N00112}} |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|William|Hogarth}} | ''Marriage A-la-Mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement'' | {{circa|1743|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG113 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|William|Hogarth}} | ''Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tête à Tête'' | {{circa|1743|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG114 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|William|Hogarth}} | ''Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection'' | {{circa|1743|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG115 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|William|Hogarth}} | ''Marriage A-la-Mode: 4. The Toilette'' | {{circa|1743|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG116 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|William|Hogarth}} | ''Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio'' | {{circa|1743|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG117 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|William|Hogarth}} | ''Marriage A-la-Mode: 6. The Lady's Death'' | {{circa|1743|sortable=yes}} | National Gallery | NG118 |- | 150x150px|center | {{sortname|David|Wilkie|dab=artist}} | ''The Village Holiday'' | 1809–1811 | Tate | {{sort|NG122|N00122}} |}
==References== * [https://books.google.com/books?id=kZdkAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA11 ''The National Gallery; its pictures and their painters. With critical remarks''], George Foggo, 1851, pp. 11–26 * [https://books.google.com/books?id=RCpkAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP16 ''The National Gallery: its pictures and their painters. A hand-book for visiters<!--sic-->. A catalogue.''], Henry G. Clarke, 1843, pp. 16–21 * [https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/history/collectors-and-benefactors/john-julius-angerstein John Julius Angerstein], National Gallery, London * [https://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/24/william-hazlitts-account-of-mr-angersteins-collection-of-pictures William Hazlitt's Account of ‘Mr Angerstein's Collection of Pictures’], Tate * [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1824/apr/02/angerstein-collection-of-pictures Angerstein collection of pictures], Hansard, House of Commons debates, 2 April 1824, vol. 11 cc. 101–3 * [https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+F~2FANG?SESSIONSEARCH Angerstein family], London Metropolitan Archives * [https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1108370/the-national-gallery-when-at-watercolour-mackenzie-frederick/ Watercolour of ''The National Gallery when at Mr J. J. Angerstein's House, Pall Mall''], Victoria and Albert Museum
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