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Art museums and galleries established in 1856

  • Tretyakov GalleryIn 1856, a Muscovite merchant named Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov purchased two paintings by Russian artists. The first was Temptation by Nikolay Shilder and…
  • National Portrait Gallery, LondonIn 1856, Queen Victoria approved a sum of £2000 to establish the National Portrait Gallery. Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, had proposed the idea three…