A spectacular group of some 50 Flemish, Dutch, Early Netherlandish, and German drawings and watercolors, spanning from about 1500 to 1700, will be exhibited in Scotland for the first time. They have been selected from the collection of drawings at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, home to the Devonshire family, one of the finest and most significant holdings of drawings anywhere in the world. This exhibition is exclusive to the National Galleries of Scotland and will not travel elsewhere. Look forward to stunning drawings by, among others, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein the Younger, and Sir Peter Paul Rubens, alongside no less than eleven works by Sir Anthony van Dyck, and nine by Rembrandt.
Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) A Wolf and Fox Hunt (detail), The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth
Double Portrait Painting of Rubens and Van Dyck
The exhibition will include the double portrait painting of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, which has recently returned to Chatsworth after being stolen while on loan in 1979. Lost for over 40 years, this intricate artwork by Flemish artist Erasmus Quellinus II was remarkably tracked down by the Belgian art historian, Bert Schepers, who identified it at an auction. The double portrait was reinstated at Chatsworth earlier in 2024 and will make its Scottish debut as part of this exhibition.