The National Galleries of Scotland continually adds to its collection by acquisitions, donations and gifts through the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. New acquisitions are important because they complement and amplify existing holdings, fill gaps where these exist and often shed new light on the collection.
Recent Acquisitions by the National Galleries of Scotland include:
The Transfiguration, by Lodovico Carracci
Oil on Canvas, 102.50 x 83.40 cm
NG 2823
Purchased by Private Treaty with the assistance of the Art Fund, 2007
Miracle of the Loaves (Jesus feeds the five thousand), by Abraham Bloemaert
Oil on canvas laid down on panel
NG 2824
Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, 2007
Unfamiliar Reflection by Ken Currie
Oil on canvas, 137.5 x 198.5 cm
Purchased 2007
Sous Bois (L’Entrée du Dormir) by Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Pena
Oil on canvas, 84.50 x 112.50 cm
Purchased 2007
NG 2819
Study for the Head of Christ for La Madeleine, Paris (Portrait of Eugène Buttura) by Paul Delaroche
Oil on canvas, 51.40 x 61.50 cm
NG 2817
Purchased with a contribution from the Patrons 2007
View of Rosslyn Castle from the grounds of Sheriff Clerk (Mavisbank) by Julius Caesar Ibbetson
Oil on canvas, 51.40 x 61.50 cm
NG 2813
Lady Frances Senter Bequest, 2006
A Girl (Large Baby) by Ron Mueck
Mixed media, Sculpture, 502 x 140 x 110 cm
Purchased 2007
Anne Emily Sophia Grant (known as ‘Daisy’ Grant), Mrs William Markham (1836-1880) by Sir Francis Grant
Oil on canvas, 223.5 x 132.3 cm
NG 2783
Purchased 2005
The Monument to Philopappus, at Athens by Giovanni Battista Lusieri
Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 62.2 cm
NG 2815
Purchased with assistance from The Art Fund 2007
Robert Deverux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601) by Nicholas Hilliard
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, 4.4 cm diameter
PG 3423
Accepted by HM government in lieu of inheritance tax, 2006
Oil on canvas, 239 x 145.5 cm
PG 3496
Purchased with support from the Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation) and the Heritage Lottery Fund, 2006
In Scotland (2003) by Howard Hodgkin
Gouache on card, 36 x 40 cm
GMA 4720
Presented by Anthony and Anne d'Offay through The Art Fund 2004
Variations on a Geometric Theme (1968-69) by Eduardo Paolozzi
Set of six plates in ceramic colours and gold on Wedgwood fine bone china in pink Perspex box
Plates Diameter: 27cm (Box size: 29 x 29 x 8cm)
GMA 4819
Donated by Frank Fowler, 2007
