Grotesque Head
Leonardo da Vinci
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Oxford
Christ Church Picture Gallery
The Christ Church Picture Gallery holds 1 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces in the Paintale collection, including works by Leonardo da Vinci. Each painting page unpacks the symbolism, technique, and provenance of the work — turning a gallery visit, or a search for a single canvas, into a deeper encounter with the period.
Portrait
Famous paintings at the Christ Church Picture Gallery
About the Christ Church Picture Gallery’s Renaissance and Baroque collection
The Christ Church Picture Gallery’s holdings of Renaissance and Baroque painting in Oxford sit among the most significant surviving collections of pre-modern European art. The works in this group — 1 paintings — span the themes of portrait and the hands of artists from Leonardo da Vinci.
If you’re planning a visit, use this page as a starting list of the must-see paintings. If you’re researching from a desk, each painting page goes deeper than a museum label: the patron, the symbolism a 17th-century viewer would have recognised, the technique under the surface, and where the painting fits in Christ Church Picture Gallery’s longer history.