NPG send Richard III home to York
May 7 2021
Picture: NPG
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
As the The National Portrait Gallery in London is currently closed due to a refurbishment project, the gallery are sending their celebrated sixteenth century portrait of King Richard III to York for a special exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum entitled Richard III Coming Home.
According to the museum's website:
The painting, which has become synonymous with the depiction of Richard III, is on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, London, and will be displayed alongside the museum’s outstanding collections associated with the King such as the magnificent Middleham Jewel, The Ryther Hoard and the Stillingfleet Boar Badge worn by one of his supporters.
The loan to the Yorkshire Museum is part of the National Portrait Gallery’s nation-wide COMING HOME project, that will see some of its most iconic works travel to the place they are most closely associated with.
The exhibition will run from 9th July - 31st October 2021.
