The Collection

Ludovico Mazzolino (c. 1478-1528)
The Tribute Money
(Oil with gold and silver on canvas -
Nosworthy Bequest)

 

 

 

 

 

Some examples of the famous works from the gallery's Paintings and Drawings collections can be viewed by clicking on the menu to the left.

Further information on these and other paintings and drawings at Christ Church, can be found in the collection’s published catalogues by the distinguished art historian James Byam Shaw (1903-1992).

James Byam Shaw, Paintings by Old Masters at Christ Church Oxford, Oxford 1967

James Byam Shaw, Drawings by Old Masters at Christ Church Oxford, Oxford 1976 (2 vols.)

Copies of these volumes may be consulted by visitors. Unfortunately the Byam Shaw paintings catalogue is no longer available, but copies of the drawings catalogue can be purchased from the Gallery for £80.

A shorter guide which contains a brief history of the collection and illustrations of selected highlights is: Christopher Baker, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford (2002). This volume contains 30 full-page colour illustrations; it may be purchased at the Gallery desk or ordered (post and package extra) for £8.50.

Still the most useful work for an overview of the portraits in Christ Church is Mrs. Reginald Lane Poole’s Catalogue of Portraits in the Possession of the University, Colleges and the County of Oxford, vol. 3, Oxford 1925 (pp.1 – 116).