Dulwich Picture Gallery - Quiz
Dulwich Picture Gallery
  • 1. Who became the director of Dulwich Picture Gallery in April 2017?
A) Jennifer Scott
B) Ian A.C. Dejardin
C) Desmond Shawe-Taylor
D) Giles Waterfield
  • 2. How many paintings by Rembrandt are in the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) 3 paintings
B) 12 paintings
C) 5 paintings
D) 1 painting
  • 3. Which artist has the most paintings from the Dutch School at the gallery?
A) Aelbert Cuyp with 11 paintings
B) Rembrandt with 3 paintings
C) Adriaen van Ostade with 5 paintings
D) Philip Wouwerman with 12 paintings
  • 4. How many paintings by Thomas Gainsborough are in the collection?
A) 7 paintings
B) 9 paintings
C) 1 painting
D) 3 paintings
  • 5. Who was the director of Dulwich Picture Gallery from 1996 to 2005?
A) Giles Waterfield
B) Jennifer Scott
C) Ian A.C. Dejardin
D) Desmond Shawe-Taylor
  • 6. Which artist from the Flemish School has 19 paintings in the gallery?
A) Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger with 1 painting
B) David Teniers the Younger
C) Anthony van Dyck with 5 paintings
D) Peter Paul Rubens with 10 paintings
  • 7. How many paintings by Joshua Reynolds are in the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) 9 paintings
B) 3 paintings
C) 1 painting
D) 7 paintings
  • 8. Which Italian artist has 4 paintings in the collection?
A) Sebastiano Ricci with 2 paintings
B) Annibale Carracci
C) Raphael with 2 paintings
D) Canaletto with 2 paintings
  • 9. Who was the director of Dulwich Picture Gallery from 1979 to 1996?
A) Ian A.C. Dejardin
B) Desmond Shawe-Taylor
C) Jennifer Scott
D) Giles Waterfield
  • 10. How many paintings by Claude Lorrain are in the gallery?
A) 4 paintings
B) 2 paintings
C) 6 paintings
D) 1 painting
  • 11. Which artist from the English School has 9 paintings at Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) William Hogarth with 2 paintings
B) John Constable with 1 painting
C) Thomas Gainsborough with 7 paintings
D) Joshua Reynolds
  • 12. How many paintings by Nicolas Poussin are in the collection?
A) 2 paintings
B) 1 painting
C) 4 paintings
D) 6 paintings
  • 13. Which Spanish artist has 4 paintings at Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
B) No other Spanish artists are listed
C) There is no other Spanish artist with 4 paintings
D) Spanish School only has Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
  • 14. How many paintings by Aelbert Cuyp are in the gallery?
A) 5 paintings
B) 1 painting
C) 12 paintings
D) 11 paintings
  • 15. Which French artist has 6 paintings at Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Gaspard Dughet with 4 paintings
B) Jean-Honoré Fragonard with 1 painting
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) 2 paintings
C) 1 painting
D) 4 paintings
  • 17. In which year was the Dulwich Picture Gallery officially opened to the public?
A) 1820
B) 1807
C) 1795
D) 1817
  • 18. Who designed the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Francis Bourgeois
B) Edward Alleyn
C) Noël Desenfans
D) Sir John Soane
  • 19. What is notable about the architecture of the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Its modernist elements
B) Its Gothic style
C) Its Baroque design
D) Its innovative use of natural light
  • 20. Which foundation established by Edward Alleyn originally included the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) James Allen's Girls' School
B) Alleyn's School
C) The College of God's Gift
D) Dulwich College
  • 21. When did the Dulwich Picture Gallery become an independent charitable trust?
A) 1817
B) 1807
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) Noël Desenfans
B) Sir Francis Bourgeois
C) John Philip Kemble
D) Edward Alleyn
  • 23. Which Polish king commissioned Bourgeois and Desenfans to assemble a national collection for Poland?
A) Casimir III the Great
B) Jogaila
C) Bolesław I the Brave
D) Stanisław August Poniatowski
  • 24. What was the original purpose of Edward Alleyn's Manor of Dulwich?
A) To found a college for boys and almshouses for the local poor
B) To create a botanical garden
C) To build a theatre
D) To establish an art gallery
  • 25. What did Horace Walpole describe seeing at the Dulwich Gallery in the 18th century?
A) A collection of Renaissance sculptures
B) Modern British paintings
C) Contemporary abstract art
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) Charles Dickens
B) William Shakespeare
C) George Eliot
D) Jane Austen
  • 27. Who were the founders credited with improving the Dulwich collection in size and quality?
A) Sir Francis Bourgeois and Noël Desenfans
B) John Constable and William Turner
C) Horace Walpole and Charles Dickens
D) Edward Alleyn and John Philip Kemble
  • 28. What was the original use of the first floor of the wing of the Old College where the collection was displayed?
A) Storing books
B) Housing students
C) Conducting lectures
D) Displaying the art collection
  • 29. Which schools are beneficiaries of the College of God's Gift?
A) Cambridge University, Oxford University, and University of London
B) Harvard University, Yale University, and Princeton University
C) Royal Academy of Arts, Chelsea College of Art & Design, and Goldsmiths University
D) Dulwich College, Alleyn's School, and James Allen's Girls' School
  • 30. What is the listing status of the Dulwich Picture Gallery and its mausoleum?
A) Not listed
B) Grade I on the National Heritage List for England
C) Grade III on the National Heritage List for England
D) Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England
  • 31. Who inherited Desenfans' collection after his death in 1807?
A) Francis Bourgeois
B) John Philip Kemble
C) Edward Alleyn
D) Stanisław August Poniatowski
  • 32. Which artists frequented the Dulwich Picture Gallery as students?
A) Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Vermeer, and Goya
B) Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello
C) Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Salvador Dalí, and Frida Kahlo
D) John Constable, William Etty, Joseph Mallord William Turner, and Vincent van Gogh
  • 33. What was the original purpose of the mausoleum designed by Sir John Soane?
A) For visitors to the gallery
B) For Edward Alleyn and his family
C) For founders of the collection, Francis Bourgeois and Noël Desenfans
D) For students of the Royal Academy of Arts
  • 34. Who was sentenced to prison for the 1966 theft at Dulwich Picture Gallery?
A) Charles Hewett
B) Detective Inspector Morse
C) John Bodkin Adams
D) Michael Hall
  • 35. In what year was Rembrandt's Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III last stolen?
A) 1966
B) 1983
C) 2019
D) 1995
  • 36. Which architecture practice won the Dulwich Pavilion competition?
A) IF_DO
B) Norman Foster + Partners
C) BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
D) Zaha Hadid Architects
  • 37. When did Dulwich Picture Gallery reopen after the pandemic closure?
A) May 2021
B) March 2022
C) June 2019
D) December 2020
  • 38. Which artist had their first major UK exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery since 1950 in spring 2023?
A) Claude Monet
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Berthe Morisot
D) Vincent van Gogh
  • 39. In what year did Charles Fairfax Murray first donate a group of 40 pictures to the gallery?
A) 1944
B) 1911
C) 2000
D) 1836
  • 40. What material did Sir John Soane use for the gallery's façade, differing from many contemporary architects?
A) Uninterrupted raw brick
B) Marble
C) Stucco porticos
D) Limestone
  • 41. Who reopened Dulwich Picture Gallery after its refurbishment in 1953?
A) Austin Vernon
B) Queen Elizabeth II
C) Charles Barry Jr.
D) The Queen Mother
  • 42. What event in 1944 caused damage to the mausoleum and west wing galleries?
A) A fire
B) A German V1 flying-bomb
C) An earthquake
D) A flood
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