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Melanie (The Three Graces)
 Acquired 2015
Saint Distributing Alms to Pilgrims
 Acquired 2018
Two Standing Saints St Wenceslaus and St Lawrence
 Acquired 2018
Yellow Open Form
 Acquired 2011
Women washing at a Stream
 Acquired 1958
Woman Washing her Feet
 Acquired 1953
White Roses
 Acquired 1986
Virgin and Child
 Acquired 1955
Virgin and Child
 Acquired 1955
Virgin and Child
 Acquired 1955
Virgin and Child
 Acquired 1955
Venus and Cupid
 Acquired 1957
Venus
 Acquired 1955
Two Wings of a Triptych
 Acquired 1955
Two painted panel wings of saints
 Acquired 1957
Triptych
 Acquired 1955
Trees
 Acquired 1950
The Way to Calvary: Christ & Veronica
 Acquired 1955
The Virgin and Child, with Joseph and Angels
 Acquired 1955
The Temptation of Saint Anthony
 Acquired 1955
The Standard Bearer
 Acquired 1955
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
 Acquired 1955
The Roman Charity
 Acquired 1957
The Risen Christ
 Acquired 1955
The Rencontre
 Acquired 1949
The Piazza San Martino and the Cathedral, Lucca
 Acquired 1955
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
 Acquired 1955
The Parable of the Mote and the Bean
 Acquired 1955
The Martyrdom of St Clement
 Acquired 1978
The Magdalen after Titian
 Acquired 1955
The Last Supper
 Acquired 1955
The Judgment of Solomon
 Acquired 1955
The Hon Lady Stanhope and the Countess of Effingham as Diana and her Companion
 Acquired 1988
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
 Acquired 1955
The Holy Family
 Acquired 1955
The Good Samaritan
 Acquired 1955
The Flower Girl
 Acquired 1955
The Flight into Egypt
 Acquired 1955
The Evelyn Collection
 Acquired 1931
The Entombment
 Acquired 1955
The Dormitory and Transept of Fountains Abbey
 Acquired 1980
The Dead Christ
 Acquired 1955
The Coronation of the Virgin
 Acquired 1980
The Circumcision of Christ
 Acquired 1955
The Children of Henry Wood
 Acquired 1950
The Castle Mills and Bridge over the River Foss, York
 Acquired 1995
The Butcher's Shop
 Acquired 1955
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
 Acquired 1948
The Bay of Naples
 Acquired 1949
The Anonymous Rose
 Acquired 2011
The Annunciation
 Acquired 1955
The Agony in the Garden
 Acquired 1955
Tavern Scene
 Acquired 1955
Surgeon Waiting
 Acquired 1999
Study for Many Happy Returns of the Day
 Acquired 1992
Study for 'Nameless and Friendless'
 Acquired 1997
Still Life with Citrus Fruit and Nuts
 Acquired 1955
Still Life
 Acquired 1955
Still Life
 Acquired 1955
Standing Female Nude
 Acquired 2003
St. Sebastian
 Acquired 1955
St. Peter released from Prison
 Acquired 1955
St. John the Evangelist
 Acquired 1955
St. Anthony
 Acquired 1955
St Zenobius
 Acquired 1955
St Sebastian
 Acquired 1955
St Proscodocimus baptising St Daniel
 Acquired 1957
St Peter and St Paul
 Acquired 1955
St Martin and St Leonard
 Acquired 1955
St John the Evangelist
 Acquired 1955
St John Preaching in a Wood
 Acquired 1955
St Francis receiving the Stigmata
 Acquired 1955
St Clement Striking the Rock
 Acquired 1955
St Bruno
 Acquired 1955
St Anthony Abbot
 Acquired 1955
St Agatha
 Acquired 1955
SS. Augustine, Louis of France, John the Evangelist and a Bishop Saint
 Acquired 1955
Smuggler Asleep
 Acquired 1955
Sleeping Soldier
 Acquired 1955
Sir Conyers D' Arcy
 Acquired 1955
Silver Dollar Bar
 Acquired 1980
Shipwreck
 Acquired 1955
Sheet of five miniature copies of 'Old Masters'
 Acquired 1950
Self portrait of Andrea Soldi
 Acquired 1972
Seascape, with Galliots
 Acquired 1955
Saint Mark and John the Baptist
 Acquired 1955
Saint Jerome in a Landscape
 Acquired 1955
Sacre Conversazione: St. Berndino and a female Saint presenting a Donor
 Acquired 1955
Roman Charity : Cimon and Pero
 Acquired 1955
Robert Sewell
 Acquired 1955
River Scene
 Acquired 1955
River Scene
 Acquired 1955
Red and Pink Roses
 Acquired 1973
Rebecca and Eleazar at the Well
 Acquired 1955
Prometheus Chain'd
 Acquired 1995
Progress
 Acquired 1949
Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball (Charlotte and Mary Williams-Wynn)
 Acquired 2009
Poultry
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of the Artist's mother
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of Robert Hay Drummond
 Acquired 1983
Portrait of Nicolas Poussin
 Acquired 2000
Portrait of Mrs Greg
 Acquired 1940
Portrait of Monsignor Agucchi
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of John Smyth (1748-1811) of Heath Hall, Yorkshire
 Acquired 1996
Portrait of John Flaxman
 Acquired 1998
Portrait of Jean Abercromby, Mrs George Morison of Haddo
 Acquired 2003
Portrait of Elizabeth Hoadly
 Acquired 1997
Portrait of Captain John Foote & costume worn by the sitter
 Acquired 1950
Portrait of a Youth
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Young Girl
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Man with a Missal
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Man with a Book
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Man
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Man
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Lady
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Lady
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Lady
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Gentleman
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Gentleman
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Bearded Man
 Acquired 1955
Portait of Lady Charlotte Fitzroy with her Indian Page
 Acquired 1949
Portait of an Unknown Woman
 Acquired 1954
Pink and Yellow Roses
 Acquired 1986
Pieta
 Acquired 1955
Pieta
 Acquired 1955
Old Ouse Bridge, York
 Acquired 2002
Old Man Reading
 Acquired 1955
Old Houses, Petergate, York & The Shambles, York
 Acquired 1950
Old Heffel
 Acquired 1945
Middleham Castle, Yorkshire
 Acquired 1950
Madonna and Child with Saint John and Saint Jerome
 Acquired 1955
Madonna and Child with Saint Francis and Saint Bernardino of Siena
 Acquired 1955
Madonna and Child with four Cherubs
 Acquired 1955
Madonna and Child
 Acquired 1955
Lucretia
 Acquired 1955
Le Lecteur
 Acquired 1955
Le Defile
 Acquired 1955
Layerthorpe Postern, York
 Acquired 1957
Landscape with Cottage and Bridge
 Acquired 1955
Landscape with Cattle
 Acquired 1955
Landscape
 Acquired 1955
Landscape
 Acquired 1971
Landscape
 Acquired 1950
Lake Avernus
 Acquired 1955
Knight of the Order of Santiago
 Acquired 1955
Jael and Sisera
 Acquired 1955
Interior with Young Woman washing Pots
 Acquired 1955
Interior of the Church at St. Bavo, Haarlem
 Acquired 1955
Il Rio dei Mendicanti
 Acquired 1955
i) Romeu 'my deer'; ii) The Wound
 Acquired 2012
Hua De Tu An, Flower Pictures II
 Acquired 2008
Horseman and Peasants outside an Inn
 Acquired 1955
Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert
 Acquired 1955
Gateway of Kirkham Priory
 Acquired 1955
Flagellation of St Barbara
 Acquired 1955
Five views of Fountains Abbey
 Acquired 1991
Egyptian head disappearing into descending clouds
 Acquired 1999
Easby Abbey, Yorkshire
 Acquired 1953
Du Maurier Bequest
 Acquired 1934
Diana and Endymion
 Acquired 1958
Dead Christ with the Virgin and St. John
 Acquired 1955
Crucifixion with the Virgin, St John and the Magdalene
 Acquired 1955
Cottage and Trees
 Acquired 1950
Constance
 Acquired 1985
Collection of Lustre ware
 Acquired 1952
Collection of drawings
 Acquired 1945
Coastal scene with Lobster Catchers
 Acquired 1955
Classical Hero (Achilles)
 Acquired 1953
Christ with Jairus
 Acquired 1955
Christ supported by Two Angels
 Acquired 1992
Christ stilleth the Tempest
 Acquired 1951
Christ nailed to the Cross
 Acquired 1955
Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee
 Acquired 1955
Captive Kings before a Judge
 Acquired 1955
Bursting Dense Garlic Bud Life Force Bottle
 Acquired 2003
Boors Carousing
 Acquired 1955
Boar Hunt
 Acquired 1955
Battle Scene
 Acquired 1955
Bathsheba
 Acquired 1955
Baptism of Christ
 Acquired 1955
Augustus and Sybil
 Acquired 1955
Artist's Wife Sewing
 Acquired 2001
Ararat
 Acquired 1949
An Old Woman Asleep
 Acquired 1955
An Allegory of the Crown of Life
 Acquired 1955
Adrien Hendriksz Moens
 Acquired 1957
A Watering Place in Marshland with a distant Tower
 Acquired 1986
A View of Ripon Minster
 Acquired 1981
A Sea Battle between Christians and Turks
 Acquired 2001
A Peasant
 Acquired 1955
A Momento Mori
 Acquired 2005
A Magdalen
 Acquired 1955
A Game Stall
 Acquired 1955
A Courtesan
 Acquired 1955
A 'Merienda' at a Country Inn
 Acquired 2001
13 Drawings
 Acquired 2001
1) Fall XII; 2) Fall XIII
 Acquired 2012

The Lycett Green collection of Italian Old Masters spanning from the 14th to the 18th century was presented through the Art Fund in 1955, as part of the remarkable efforts made by one of the curators to transform it into a gallery of international importance.



Exhibitions at York Art Gallery

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), ‘Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk’, 1748, Oil on canvas.

Young Gainsborough: Rediscovered Landscape Drawings

  • York Art Gallery, York
  • Until 13 February 2022
50% off exhibitions
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