Britain's Lost Masterpieces
Britain's Lost Masterpieces is a factual BBC Four television series that aims to uncover overlooked art masterpieces in public collections, in conjunction with Art UK.[1][2] It is presented by Bendor Grosvenor and a companion. In series 1 this was Jacky Klein; in series 2, Emma Dabiri. Programmes also feature the art restorer, Simon Rollo Gillespie.
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Genre | Documentary |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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Original network | BBC Four |
Original release | 21 September 2016 – present |
Series 1
Series one, comprising three episodes, aired in September—October 2016.[3]
- 27 September 2016 : Swansea - a 17th century work by Jacob Jordaens.[2]
- 3 October 2016 : Aberdeenshire - a Madonna attributed "After Raphael".
- 5 October 2016 : Belfast - works by Pieter Brueghel the Younger.
Series 2
Series two was aired in September–October 2017.
- 29 September 2017 : Glasgow - a portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, at Pollok House, is shown to be by Peter Paul Rubens.[4]
- 5 October 2017 : Derby - a potential hidden masterpiece by Joseph Wright of Derby.
- 11 October 2017 : Carmarthenshire.
- 18 October 2017 : Arbroath. A portrait by Antonis Mor, from the collection of Hospitalfield House, and previously owned by Patrick Allan Fraser.
Series 3
Series three was aired in August 2018.
- 17 August 2018 : Devon - a potential self portrait by Rembrandt is investigated at Knightshayes Court near Tiverton.
- 23 August 2018 : Manchester - a potential portrait by German painter Johann Zoffany, a favourite portraitist of the royal family under King George III is investigated at the Manchester Art Gallery.
- 30 August 2018 : Petworth - two portraits potentially by Anthony van Dyck and Titian are investigated at Petworth House in West Sussex.
Series 4
Series four was aired in October / November 2019.
- 30 October 2019 : Bodleian Library - A potential portrait by Pompeo Batoni is investigated.
- 6 November 2019 : Birmingham Art Gallery - Potential landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Jan Brueghel the Younger and Joos de Momper are investigated.
- 13 November 2019 : National Museum of Wales - A potential painting by Sandro Botticelli is investigated.
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References
- "Britain's Lost Masterpieces - BBC Four". BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "BBC Four's Britain's Lost Masterpieces discovers rare painting by 17th Century master Jacob Jordaens". BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "Series 1, Britain's Lost Masterpieces - Episode guide - BBC Four". BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- O'Connor, Roisin (25 September 2017). "Lost Rubens portrait of one of the 'most famous gay men in history' rediscovered in Glasgow". The Independent. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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