The Queen's Gallery - Palace of Holyroodhouse
Built in the shell of the former Holyrood Free Church and Duchess of Gordon's School, the Gallery provides purpose-built, state-of-the-art facilities to enable a programme of changing exhibitions of the most delicate works of art from the Royal Collection to be shown in Scotland for the first time.
Current Exhibition:
Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting
The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
28 September 2007 – 6 April 2008
This superb exhibition, the first ever mounted of Flemish paintings in the Royal Collection, brings together over 50 works from the 15th to 17th centuries. Artists featured in the exhibition include Hans Memling, Jan Brueghel, Van Dyck and David Tenniers
Flemish portrait paintings of the 16th century was admired for its meticulous technique and extraordinary realism. During the same period, Flemish artists were considered to be the greatest of all landscape painters. The exhibition includes three of Rubens’s finest landscapes, painted for the artist’s personal pleasure.
Further information and photographs are available from Public Relations and Marketing, the Royal Collection, 020 7839 1377, press@royalcollection.org.uk. Images are also available from the Royal Collection’s folder in the ‘Companies Available’ section on PA’s Picselect at www.picselect.press.net or through the PA bulletin board.
Opening times:
Open daily
1 April to 31 October
09:30-18:00 (last admission 17:00)
1 November to 31 March
09:30-16:30 (last admission 15:30)
Admission prices (includes an audio tour):
Adult - £5.00
Over 60/Student (with valid ID) - £4.00
Under 17 - £3.00
Under 5 Free
Family (2 adults, 3 under 17s) - £13.00
Contact
Enquiries
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Canongate, Royal Mile
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
EH8 8DX
Scotland
Tel: +44 (131) 5565100
Fax: +44 (131) 5575256
E-Mail: holyroodhouse@royalcollection.org.uk
WWW: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk
