Buckingham Palace Gallery Reopens with 120 Paintings

Buckingham Palace has unveiled a major transformation of its historic Picture Gallery, doubling the number of masterpieces on display and introducing a new emerald green interior as it prepares to open to the public for the summer season. The extensive redisplay, described by the Royal Collection as a "once-in-a-generation" project, will allow visitors to view 120 paintings, nearly double the previous 63, when the palace opens its doors from July 9 to September 27.

The 47-meter-long gallery, originally designed by architect John Nash in the 19th century, now features vibrant new emerald-green silk damask wall coverings, replacing the coral pink velvet that had been in place since 1976. The meticulous rehang required 875 hours of work. Anna Reynolds, surveyor of the King's pictures, said the project continues a long tradition of gallery redisplays, often following a change of reign, and aligns with the charitable aim of sharing the Royal Collection. She called it an exciting and rare opportunity to significantly increase the number of world-class paintings on display.

Notable additions include Johannes Zoffany's "The Tribuna of the Uffizi," last hung in the gallery in 1841, and...