Kenwood House
London, United Kingdom
Kenwood House is a former stately home on the northern edge of Hampstead Heath in London, United Kingdom. The house was remodelled in the neoclassical style by the architect Robert Adam in the late eighteenth century for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. In the early twentieth century it was acquired by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, who bequeathed the house and his picture collection to the nation; it is now managed by English Heritage and open to the public free of charge.
The Iveagh Bequest includes major Old Master paintings, among them Rembrandt's late self-portrait and The Guitar Player by Johannes Vermeer, as well as works by Gainsborough, Reynolds, and Turner.
