Dulwich Picture Gallery - Quiz
Dulwich Picture Gallery
  • 1. Who became the director of Dulwich Picture Gallery in April 2017?
A) Desmond Shawe-Taylor
B) Giles Waterfield
C) Jennifer Scott
D) Ian A.C. Dejardin
  • 2. How many paintings by Rembrandt are in the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) 12 paintings
B) 5 paintings
C) 3 paintings
D) 1 painting
  • 3. Which artist has the most paintings from the Dutch School at the gallery?
A) Aelbert Cuyp with 11 paintings
B) Rembrandt with 3 paintings
C) Adriaen van Ostade with 5 paintings
D) Philip Wouwerman with 12 paintings
  • 4. How many paintings by Thomas Gainsborough are in the collection?
A) 1 painting
B) 3 paintings
C) 9 paintings
D) 7 paintings
  • 5. Who was the director of Dulwich Picture Gallery from 1996 to 2005?
A) Giles Waterfield
B) Desmond Shawe-Taylor
C) Jennifer Scott
D) Ian A.C. Dejardin
  • 6. Which artist from the Flemish School has 19 paintings in the gallery?
A) David Teniers the Younger
B) Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger with 1 painting
C) Anthony van Dyck with 5 paintings
D) Peter Paul Rubens with 10 paintings
  • 7. How many paintings by Joshua Reynolds are in the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) 9 paintings
B) 1 painting
C) 7 paintings
D) 3 paintings
  • 8. Which Italian artist has 4 paintings in the collection?
A) Canaletto with 2 paintings
B) Sebastiano Ricci with 2 paintings
C) Raphael with 2 paintings
D) Annibale Carracci
  • 9. Who was the director of Dulwich Picture Gallery from 1979 to 1996?
A) Desmond Shawe-Taylor
B) Jennifer Scott
C) Giles Waterfield
D) Ian A.C. Dejardin
  • 10. How many paintings by Claude Lorrain are in the gallery?
A) 2 paintings
B) 6 paintings
C) 4 paintings
D) 1 painting
  • 11. Which artist from the English School has 9 paintings at Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) John Constable with 1 painting
B) Thomas Gainsborough with 7 paintings
C) Joshua Reynolds
D) William Hogarth with 2 paintings
  • 12. How many paintings by Nicolas Poussin are in the collection?
A) 1 painting
B) 2 paintings
C) 6 paintings
D) 4 paintings
  • 13. Which Spanish artist has 4 paintings at Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) No other Spanish artists are listed
B) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
C) Spanish School only has Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
D) There is no other Spanish artist with 4 paintings
  • 14. How many paintings by Aelbert Cuyp are in the gallery?
A) 11 paintings
B) 12 paintings
C) 1 painting
D) 5 paintings
  • 15. Which French artist has 6 paintings at Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Claude-Joseph Vernet
B) Nicolas Poussin with 6 paintings
C) Gaspard Dughet with 4 paintings
D) Jean-Honoré Fragonard with 1 painting
  • 16. How many paintings by Jean-Antoine Watteau are in the collection?
A) 4 paintings
B) 6 paintings
C) 1 painting
D) 2 paintings
  • 17. In which year was the Dulwich Picture Gallery officially opened to the public?
A) 1817
B) 1820
C) 1795
D) 1807
  • 18. Who designed the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Noël Desenfans
B) Francis Bourgeois
C) Edward Alleyn
D) Sir John Soane
  • 19. What is notable about the architecture of the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Its innovative use of natural light
B) Its Gothic style
C) Its Baroque design
D) Its modernist elements
  • 20. Which foundation established by Edward Alleyn originally included the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) The College of God's Gift
B) Dulwich College
C) James Allen's Girls' School
D) Alleyn's School
  • 21. When did the Dulwich Picture Gallery become an independent charitable trust?
A) 1817
B) 1807
C) 1994
D) 1795
  • 22. Who bequeathed a collection of works including portraits of the kings and queens of England to the College of God's Gift?
A) Sir Francis Bourgeois
B) Noël Desenfans
C) John Philip Kemble
D) Edward Alleyn
  • 23. Which Polish king commissioned Bourgeois and Desenfans to assemble a national collection for Poland?
A) Jogaila
B) Bolesław I the Brave
C) Stanisław August Poniatowski
D) Casimir III the Great
  • 24. What was the original purpose of Edward Alleyn's Manor of Dulwich?
A) To found a college for boys and almshouses for the local poor
B) To build a theatre
C) To establish an art gallery
D) To create a botanical garden
  • 25. What did Horace Walpole describe seeing at the Dulwich Gallery in the 18th century?
A) A collection of Renaissance sculptures
B) Modern British paintings
C) A hundred mouldy portraits among apostles, sibyls and kings of England
D) Contemporary abstract art
  • 26. Which cultural figure mentioned the Dulwich Picture Gallery in their novel?
A) Charles Dickens
B) Jane Austen
C) William Shakespeare
D) George Eliot
  • 27. Who were the founders credited with improving the Dulwich collection in size and quality?
A) Edward Alleyn and John Philip Kemble
B) Sir Francis Bourgeois and Noël Desenfans
C) Horace Walpole and Charles Dickens
D) John Constable and William Turner
  • 28. What was the original use of the first floor of the wing of the Old College where the collection was displayed?
A) Housing students
B) Storing books
C) Displaying the art collection
D) Conducting lectures
  • 29. Which schools are beneficiaries of the College of God's Gift?
A) Dulwich College, Alleyn's School, and James Allen's Girls' School
B) Royal Academy of Arts, Chelsea College of Art & Design, and Goldsmiths University
C) Cambridge University, Oxford University, and University of London
D) Harvard University, Yale University, and Princeton University
  • 30. What is the listing status of the Dulwich Picture Gallery and its mausoleum?
A) Grade I on the National Heritage List for England
B) Grade III on the National Heritage List for England
C) Not listed
D) Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England
  • 31. Who inherited Desenfans' collection after his death in 1807?
A) Francis Bourgeois
B) John Philip Kemble
C) Stanisław August Poniatowski
D) Edward Alleyn
  • 32. Which artists frequented the Dulwich Picture Gallery as students?
A) Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Vermeer, and Goya
B) John Constable, William Etty, Joseph Mallord William Turner, and Vincent van Gogh
C) Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Salvador Dalí, and Frida Kahlo
D) Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello
  • 33. What was the original purpose of the mausoleum designed by Sir John Soane?
A) For students of the Royal Academy of Arts
B) For founders of the collection, Francis Bourgeois and Noël Desenfans
C) For Edward Alleyn and his family
D) For visitors to the gallery
  • 34. Who was sentenced to prison for the 1966 theft at Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Detective Inspector Morse
B) Michael Hall
C) John Bodkin Adams
D) Charles Hewett
  • 35. In what year was Rembrandt's Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III last stolen?
A) 1995
B) 1983
C) 2019
D) 1966
  • 36. Which architecture practice won the Dulwich Pavilion competition?
A) Zaha Hadid Architects
B) IF_DO
C) BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
D) Norman Foster + Partners
  • 37. When did Dulwich Picture Gallery reopen after the pandemic closure?
A) June 2019
B) May 2021
C) March 2022
D) December 2020
  • 38. Which artist had their first major UK exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery since 1950 in spring 2023?
A) Claude Monet
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Berthe Morisot
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 39. In what year did Charles Fairfax Murray first donate a group of 40 pictures to the gallery?
A) 1836
B) 2000
C) 1944
D) 1911
  • 40. What material did Sir John Soane use for the gallery's façade, differing from many contemporary architects?
A) Stucco porticos
B) Limestone
C) Marble
D) Uninterrupted raw brick
  • 41. Who reopened Dulwich Picture Gallery after its refurbishment in 1953?
A) Charles Barry Jr.
B) Queen Elizabeth II
C) The Queen Mother
D) Austin Vernon
  • 42. What event in 1944 caused damage to the mausoleum and west wing galleries?
A) A flood
B) A German V1 flying-bomb
C) A fire
D) An earthquake
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