Exhibition · Through Aug 30
Renaissance Treasures
Forty old-master paintings — portraits, altarpieces, and mythologies — gathered from our vaults and generous lenders for one summer season.
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About the exhibition
Europe's greatest century, wall to wall
Renaissance Treasures traces painting's most daring century — from devotional panels glowing with gold to portraits so lifelike their sitters seem to breathe. The hang follows the artist's journey: apprenticeship, mastery, and the workshop system that carried ideas across the continent.
Highlights include monumental altarpieces, intimate merchant portraits, and mythological scenes painted for private chambers. Free guided tours run daily at 11AM; twilight viewings with live early music take place on the last Friday of each month.
Exhibition highlights
- Forty paintings, including six never before exhibited
- A reconstructed artist's workshop with period pigments
- Family trail: spot the symbols hidden in every room
- Illustrated catalogue available at the museum shop desk
