Loans from the collections
The information below gives details about when and where to see specific items that are on loan.
The Devonshire Emerald
The Devonshire Emerald (sometimes called Dom Pedro's emerald) has been on loan since November 2007 to the Natural History Museum in London and is displayed in The Vault gallery.
Frans Hals, Portrait of a Man
On loan to the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin as part of their Frans Hals exhibition, 12 July – 3 November 2024
Frans Hals, Portrait of a Woman
On loan to the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin as part of their Frans Hals exhibition, 12 July – 3 November 2024
Antique Egyptian Torso of a Man
On loan to Derby Museum and Art Gallery, along with a selection of books, for their exhibition 'Displaced: From the Nile to the Derwent', 5 July – 24 November 2024
Italian carved black marble reduction of the obelisk in front of the Lateran Palace, Rome
On loan to Derby Museum and Art Gallery, along with a selection of books, for their exhibition 'Displaced: From the Nile to the Derwent', 5 July – 24 November 2024
Lorenzo Bartolini, A double bust of Isis and Serapis
On loan to Derby Museum and Art Gallery, along with a selection of books, for their exhibition 'Displaced: From the Nile to the Derwent', 5 July – 24 November 2024
Portrait of a Lady (possibly Margaret of Parma), artist in the circle of Alonso Sanchez Coello
On loan to Museum of Oudenaarde, Belgium for their exhibition, 'Margaret. The Emperor’s Daughter Between Power and Image', 21 Sep 2024 – 5 Jan 2025
Untitled (Barcelona), Michael Craig-Martin
On loan to the Royal Academy of Arts for their exhibition, 'Michael Craig-Martin', 21 Sep 2024 – 10 Dec 2024
Portrait of Catherine Carrington, Dora Carrington
On loan to Pallant House Gallery for their exhibition, 'Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury', 9 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025
Standing Female Nude (Henrietta Bingham), Dora Carrington
On loan to Pallant House Gallery for their exhibition, 'Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury', 9 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025
A double portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck and Sir Peter Paul Rubens by Erasmus Quellinus II
Along with 47 Old Master Drawings, a vellum volume of drawings and a gilded picture frame, on loan to National Galleries of Scotland for their exhibition, 'Dürer to Van Dyck | Drawings from Chatsworth House', 08 Nov 2024 - 20 Feb 2025
Portrait of William Cavendish by John Riley
Along with 47 Old Master Drawings, a vellum volume of drawings and a gilded picture frame, on loan to National Galleries of Scotland for their exhibition, 'Dürer to Van Dyck | Drawings from Chatsworth House', 08 Nov 2024 - 20 Feb 2025