The main entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum, facing Trumpington Sreet.

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge and is located on Trumpington Street, Cambridge, England. It receives around 300,000 visitors annually.[1] Download high resolution version (1117x768, 254 KB)The main entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. ... Download high resolution version (1117x768, 254 KB)The main entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid...

The museum was founded in 1816 with the bequest of the library and art collection of the VIIth Viscount FitzWilliam. The bequest also included £100,000 "to cause to be erected a good substantial museum repository". The "Founder's Building" itself was designed by George Basevi, completed by C. R. Cockerell and opened in 1848; the entrance hall is by Edward Middleton Barry and was completed in 1875. 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Elias George Basevi (1 April 1794-16 October 1845) was an English architect famous for designing buildings such as the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. ... The main entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Middleton Barry (1830 - 27 January 1880) was an English architect of the 19th century. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The Egyptian Galleries at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum re-opened in 2006 after a two-year, £1.5 million programme of refurbishment, conservation and research.

Saint Geminianus from pentaptych by Simone Martini (c.1284-1344).

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Collection

The museum has five departments: Antiquities; Applied Arts; Coins and Medals; Manuscripts and Printed Books; and Paintings, Drawings and Prints.

Together these cover antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Sudan, Greece and Rome, Roman and Romano-Egyptian Art, Western Asiatic displays and a new gallery of Cypriot Art; applied arts, including English and European pottery and glass, furniture, clocks, fans, armour, Chinese, Japanese and Korean art, rugs and samplers; coins and medals; illuminated, literary and music manuscripts and rare printed books; paintings, including masterpieces by Simone Martini, Domenico Veneziano, Titian, Veronese, Rubens, Van Dyck, Frans Hals, Canaletto, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Picasso and a fine collection of 20th century art; miniatures, drawings, watercolours and prints. Petrachs Virgil (title page) (c. ... Domenico Veneziano (c. ... Titian. ... Veronese means either of the following things: the painter Paolo Veronese someone or something from Verona, Italy. ... Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (June 28, 1577 - May 30, 1640) was a Flemish baroque painter. ... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Antoon) van Dyck (*March 22, 1599 - December 9, 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading court painter in England. ... Laughing Cavalier, 1624, canvas, relined, (H) 83cm x (W) 67cm, Wallace Collection, London. ... The Stonemasons Yard, painted 1726-30. ... William Hogarth William Hogarth (November 10, 1697 - October 26, 1764) was a major British painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited as a pioneer in western sequential art. ... There are several places in England named Gainsborough : Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and an area of Ipswich. ... A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. ... Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926), French impressionist painter. ... Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 - September 27, 1917) was a French painter and sculptor. ... The name Renoir refers to more than one person. ... Vase of Flowers (1876) Oil on canvas Paul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906) was a French painter who represents the bridge from impressionism to cubism. ... A young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. ...

The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown.

Many items in the museum are on loan from colleges of the University, for example an important group of impressionist paintings owned by King's College, which includes Cézanne's 'The Abduction' and a study for 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' by Seurat. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (694x756, 123 KB)The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown, 1855. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (694x756, 123 KB)The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown, 1855. ... The Last of England, 1855 Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 - October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Full name The Kings College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge Motto Veritas Et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College(s) New College Provost Prof. ... Vase of Flowers (1876) Oil on canvas Paul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906) was a French painter who represents the bridge from impressionism to cubism. ... The painting in its current residence, the Art Institute of Chicago Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Un dimanche après-midi à lIle de la Grande Jatte) is Georges Seurats most famous work, and is an example of pointillism that is widely considered to be... --68. ...

The Museum's collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings includes Ford Madox Brown's 'The Last of England', voted 8th greatest painting in Britain in 2005's Radio 4 poll. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. ... The Last of England, 1855 Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 - October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. ...

Trivia

The "Friends of the Fitzwilliam" was founded in 1909 and is the oldest society in Britain devoted to supporting a museum. 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In January 2006 a visitor, Nick Flynn, who had tripped on his shoelaces and fallen down a stairway severely damaged three Qing Dynasty vases which had been displayed there since 1948. [2] In April 2006 Mr. Flynn was arrested on charges of causing criminal damage. [3] 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shoelaces are thin cords fitted to shoes to prevent the shoe from slipping off by accident. ... The Qing Dynasty (Chinese: 清朝; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching chao; Manchu: daicing gurun), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China and the surrounding territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing... Property damage is damage or destruction done to public or private property, caused either by a person who is not its owner or by natural phenomena. ...

External links

• Fitzwilliam Museum website
• University of Cambridge information
• External views of the Fitzwilliam Museum
• Paintings from The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge exhibition at the National Gallery, London, 2002