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 Image Artist Title Date Current collection Sebastiano del Piombo 1517–1519 National Gallery NG1 Landscape with Cephalus and Procris reunited by Diana 1645 National Gallery NG2 National Gallery NG3 1644 National Gallery NG5 Group of Heads National Gallery NG7 The Mill (or ) 1648 National Gallery NG12 Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba 1648 National Gallery NG14 Saint John the Baptist seated in the Wilderness National Gallery NG25 Raphael Portrait of Pope Julius II 1511 National Gallery NG27 Susannah and the Elders 1616 National Gallery NG28 Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula 1641 National Gallery NG30 Landscape with Abraham and Isaac National Gallery NG31 National Gallery NG32 Venus and Adonis National Gallery NG34 Landscape with a Storm National Gallery NG36 Group of Heads National Gallery NG37 National Gallery NG38 National Gallery NG42 Rembrandt 1644 National Gallery NG45 Pupil of Rembrandt 1646 National Gallery NG47 Portrait of George Gage with Two Attendants National Gallery NG49 Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral National Gallery NG50 Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest National Gallery NG52 National Gallery NG53 National Gallery NG67 National Gallery NG76 Erminia takes Refuge with the Shepherds National Gallery NG88 Double Portrait of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and his Wife Vittoria della Rovere National Gallery NG89 Marsyas and Olympus 1597–1600 National Gallery NG94 Portrait of Lord Heathfield with the keys of Gibraltar 1787 National Gallery NG111 1745 Tate Marriage A-la-Mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement National Gallery NG113 Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tête à Tête National Gallery NG114 Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection National Gallery NG115 Marriage A-la-Mode: 4. The Toilette National Gallery NG116 Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio National Gallery NG117 Marriage A-la-Mode: 6. The Lady's Death National Gallery NG118 The Village Holiday 1809–1811 Tate
References The National Gallery; its pictures and their painters. With critical remarks, George Foggo, 1851, pp. 11–26 The National Gallery: its pictures and their painters. A hand-book for visiters. A catalogue., Henry G. Clarke, 1843, pp. 16–21 John Julius Angerstein, National Gallery, London William Hazlitt's Account of ‘Mr Angerstein's Collection of Pictures’, Tate Angerstein collection of pictures, Hansard, House of Commons debates, 2 April 1824, vol. 11 cc. 101–3 Angerstein family, London Metropolitan Archives Watercolour of The National Gallery when at Mr J. J. Angerstein's House, Pall Mall, Victoria and Albert Museum