We are dedicated to sharing one of the greatest art collections in the world, with the world.
We frequently lend paintings from our Collection on a short-term basis to exhibitions across the globe.
Currently on loan
Peter Paul Rubens, Three Nymphs with a Cornucopia is on loan to Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy at The Box, Plymouth.
English School, Anne Boleyn is on loan to Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle, Kent.
Thomas Gainsborough, Mrs Elizabeth Moody with her sons Samuel and Thomas and Samuel Linley are on loan to Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture at The Frick Collection, New York.
Aelbert Cuyp, River Landscape is on loan to Bruegel to Rembrandt: Drawing Life, Sketching Wonder at Compton Verney, Warwickshire.
Guercino, The Woman taken in Adultery is on loan to Guercino and his Biblical Heroines at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Anthony van Dyck, Samson and Delilah and George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol are on loan to Van Dyck, the European at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa.
Raphael, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Anthony of Padua are on loan to Raphael: Sublime Poetry at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob de Gheyn III is on loan to Rembrandt 1632: Creation of a Brand at Wilhelmshöhe Palace, Kassel.
Requesting a loan
To request a loan for an exhibition, a letter should be sent to the Gallery at least a year ahead of the exhibition’s start date. The letter should contain details of the exhibition, including the venue and dates, as well as an explanation of why the work has been selected. The borrower will also be asked to complete a Facilities Report which will provide essential information connected with the venue, access, security, environmental and display conditions.
All loan requests are reviewed by the Gallery’s Trustees, who meet four times a year.
To make a loan request, or to ask a question about the loans procedure, please email: [email protected]
Long-term loans
In addition to our short-term loans to exhibitions, some of our paintings are also on long-term loan to venues across London.
Dulwich Picture Gallery has paintings on long-term loan to Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, the former home of the writer, antiquarian and politician, Horace Walpole (1717–1797). Strawberry Hill Trust has recreated the effect of Walpole’s original collection, through both acquisitions and long-term loans; using the catalogue Walpole wrote for his own collection in 1774 as a guide.
