Somerset House, Goya @ the Courtauld Institute

“Witches and Old Women” was a small two room exhibition with the most wonderful and grotesque sketches by Goya.

Goya, Coutauld Inst, Somerset House

Goya, Coutauld Inst, Somerset House
Goya, Coutauld Inst, Somerset House

Goya, Coutauld Inst, Somerset House

Goya, Coutauld Inst, Somerset House
Goya, Coutauld Inst, Somerset House

Goya, Coutauld Inst, Somerset House

Goya, Coutauld Inst, Somerset House

It also gave me a great excuse to wander around the house collections of Impressionist masterpieces in the most lovely setting.

Modigliani
Modigliani
Van Gogh
Van Gogh
Degas
Degas
van Gogh
van Gogh
Gauguin
Gauguin

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Kees von Dongen
Kees von Dongen
Cezanne
Cezanne

The collection is spread across the floors of a rather fine house, with a staircase that was wonderful to photograph. I didn’t really manage to catch it but had a lot of fun trying.

Somerset House
Somerset House

Somerset House

Somerset House
Somerset House, Detail

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Seurat
Seurat
Almost empty, Somerset House
Almost empty, Somerset House

Almost empty, Somerset House

Almost empty, Somerset House

Rubens Sketch
Rubens Sketch
Sketch of Lady Hamilton
Sketch of Lady Hamilton
Joshua Reynolds Sketch
Joshua Reynolds Sketch
Henry Moore Sketch
Henry Moore Sketch

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Somerset House, Detail

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St Mary le Strand, outside Somerset House
St Mary le Strand, outside Somerset House