George Salting

Detail from Dirk Bouts, 'The Virgin and Child'
George Salting was born in Australia on 15 August 1835. He was an avid collector of the fine and decorative arts and continued collecting right up until his death in 1909.

Educated at Eton and the University of Sydney, Salting inherited a sizeable fortune on the death of his father and settled in London.

In addition to three works given during his lifetime, Salting bequeathed 192 paintings to the National Gallery (31 of which have since been transferred to the Tate in its role as the national collection of British art). There were also major bequests to the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Selected works from the Salting Bequest

The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child
Dirk Bouts
A Young Woman seated at a Virginal
A Young Woman seated at a Virginal
Johannes Vermeer
Sunset in the Auvergne
Sunset in the Auvergne
Théodore Rousseau
Bartolomeo Bianchini
Bartolomeo Bianchini
Francesco Francia
The Daughter of Herodias
The Daughter of Herodias
Sebastiano del Piombo
Portrait of a Woman with a Fan
Portrait of a Woman with a Fan
Frans Hals
The Virgin and Child before a Firescreen
The Virgin and Child before a Firescreen
Follower of Robert Campin
The Virgin and Child with Two Angels
The Virgin and Child with Two Angels
Andrea del Verrocchio
 
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The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN