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