Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Location within London Borough of Southwark
Established	1817; 207 years ago (1817)
Location	Dulwich London, SE21 England
Public transit access	North Dulwich; West Dulwich
Website	dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Dulwich Picture Gallery and Mausoleum
Designated	30 June 1954
Reference no.	1385543

Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, south London. It opened to the public in 1817 and was designed by the Regency architect Sir John Soane. His design was recognized for its innovative and influential method of illumination for viewing the art. It is the oldest public art gallery in England and was made an independent charitable trust in 1994. Until then, the gallery was part of the College of God's Gift, a charitable foundation established by the actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist Edward Alleyn in the early 17th century. The acquisition of artworks by its founders and bequests from its many patrons resulted in Dulwich Picture Gallery housing one of the country's finest collections of Old Masters, especially rich in French, Italian and Spanish Baroque paintings, and in British portraits from the Tudor era to the 19th century.

The Dulwich Picture Gallery and its mausoleum are listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England.^[1] The mausoleum is for founders of the collection, Francis Bourgeois and Noël Desenfans.