In 1944, Sir William and Constance, Lady Burrell, gifted their amazing collection to Glasgow, their home city. Their collection is housed in a purpose-designed, award-winning building set against woodland in Pollok Country Park, thus creating the sympathetic natural world setting which the Burrells desired. The website can be viewed here: https://burrellcollection.com/
Reaching across 6,000 years of history, the collection includes fine Chinese ceramics and bronzes, significant Islamic arts, and objects from ancient civilisations; exceptional examples of European fine art, and a wonderful array of objects from late Medieval and early Renaissance Europe such as important collections of tapestries and stained glass.
If you would like to explore the collections in Glasgow museums online from home, please visit: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/collections
In this portrait, Degas shows his close friend, the art critic and novelist, Edmond Duranty seated in his study, literally surrounded by the books which were the tools of his trade.
(c) CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection
Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944
Wood, leather, paper
4.1
The Bible contains some 109 woodcut illustrations by the ‘Master of Cologne’
(c) CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection
http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=32699;type=101
Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944
Southern Germany, early 16th century
50.99
(c) CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection
Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944
Tapestry, silk and wool; about 1470-1490
Possibly woven in Brussels, Brabant, Spanish Netherlands (Southern Netherlands)
46.56
First in a series of three tapestries depicting ‘The Rabbit Hunt’. The second, ‘Hunt Underway’, is in the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, and the third ‘Peasants’ Picnic’ is in the Louvre, Paris.
(c) CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection
Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944
