# Angerstein Collection

The Angerstein Collection comprises 38 paintings that were bought by the British government from the collection of John Julius Angerstein after his death in 1823. They became the first works held by the National Gallery, London, on its foundation in 1824, including the works now catalogued in its collection as NG1, NG2 and NG3, and others up to NG122. They were initially displayed at Angerstein's townhouse at 100 Pall Mall. Other early works acquired by the National Gallery include 16 paintings donated by Sir George Beaumont in 1826, and a bequest of 35 paintings by the Reverend William Holwell Carr by 1831.
The collection includes many Old Masters, including five by Claude Lorrain, four attributed to Annibale Carracci or his cousin Ludovico Carracci or their circle, three by Anthony van Dyck, three after Correggio, two by Titian or his workshop, two by Rembrandt or his workshop, two by Gaspard Dughet, and two by Peter Paul Rubens, as well as single paintings by Aelbert Cuyp, Damiano Mazza, Raphael, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Justus Sustermans, and one after Nicolas Poussin. It also included several more modern paintings: seven works by William Hogarth, including the complete series of six paintings of Marriage A-la-Mode, and one painting each by Joshua Reynolds and David Wilkie.

## List of works

| Artist | Title | Date | Current collection | Acc. no. |
| Sebastiano del Piombo | The Raising of Lazarus | 1517–1519 | National Gallery | NG1 |
| Claude Lorrain | Landscape with Cephalus and Procris reunited by Diana | 1645 | National Gallery | NG2 |
| Possibly by Titian | The Music Lesson | 1535 c. 1535 | National Gallery | NG3 |
| Claude Lorrain | A Seaport | 1644 | National Gallery | NG5 |
| After Correggio | Group of Heads | before 1587 | National Gallery | NG7 |
| Claude Lorrain | The Mill (or Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca [es]) | 1648 | National Gallery | NG12 |
| Claude Lorrain | Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba | 1648 | National Gallery | NG14 |
| Circle of Annibale Carracci | Saint John the Baptist seated in the Wilderness | early 17th century | National Gallery | NG25 |
| Raphael | Portrait of Pope Julius II | 1511 | National Gallery | NG27 |
| Ludovico Carracci | Susannah and the Elders | 1616 | National Gallery | NG28 |
| Claude Lorrain | Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula | 1641 | National Gallery | NG30 |
| Gaspard Dughet | Landscape with Abraham and Isaac | 1665 c. 1665 | National Gallery | NG31 |
| Damiano Mazza | The Rape of Ganymede | 1575 c. 1575 | National Gallery | NG32 |
| Workshop of Titian | Venus and Adonis | 1554 c. 1554 | National Gallery | NG34 |
| Gaspard Dughet | Landscape with a Storm | 1660 c. 1660 | National Gallery | NG36 |
| After Correggio | Group of Heads | before 1587 | National Gallery | NG37 |
| Peter Paul Rubens | The Rape of the Sabine Women | probably 1635–1640 | National Gallery | NG38 |
| Nicolas Poussin | The Triumph of Silenus | 1636 c. 1636 | National Gallery | NG42 |
| Rembrandt | The Woman Taken in Adultery | 1644 | National Gallery | NG45 |
| Pupil of Rembrandt | The Adoration of the Shepherds | 1646 | National Gallery | NG47 |
| Anthony van Dyck | Portrait of George Gage with Two Attendants | probably 1622–1623 | National Gallery | NG49 |
| Anthony van Dyck | Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral | 1619–1620 c. 1619–1620 | National Gallery | NG50 |
| Anthony van Dyck | Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest | 1620 c. 1620 | National Gallery | NG52 |
| Aelbert Cuyp | A Hilly Landscape with Figures | 1655–1660 c. 1655–1660 | National Gallery | NG53 |
| Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens | The Holy Family with Saints in a Landscape | after 1635 | National Gallery | NG67 |
| After Correggio | The Agony in the Garden | probably c. 1640–1750 | National Gallery | NG76 |
| Circle of Annibale Carracci | Erminia takes Refuge with the Shepherds | early 17th century | National Gallery | NG88 |
| Justus Sustermans | Double Portrait of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and his Wife Vittoria della Rovere | probably 1660s | National Gallery | NG89 |
| Annibale Carracci | Marsyas and Olympus | 1597–1600 | National Gallery | NG94 |
| Joshua Reynolds | Portrait of Lord Heathfield with the keys of Gibraltar | 1787 | National Gallery | NG111 |
| William Hogarth | The Painter and his Pug | 1745 | Tate | N00112 |
| William Hogarth | Marriage A-la-Mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement | 1743 c. 1743 | National Gallery | NG113 |
| William Hogarth | Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tête à Tête | 1743 c. 1743 | National Gallery | NG114 |
| William Hogarth | Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection | 1743 c. 1743 | National Gallery | NG115 |
| William Hogarth | Marriage A-la-Mode: 4. The Toilette | 1743 c. 1743 | National Gallery | NG116 |
| William Hogarth | Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio | 1743 c. 1743 | National Gallery | NG117 |
| William Hogarth | Marriage A-la-Mode: 6. The Lady's Death | 1743 c. 1743 | National Gallery | NG118 |
| David Wilkie | The Village Holiday | 1809–1811 | Tate | N00122 |