The paintings collection includes more than 2,000 paintings in oil, tempera, and fresco, from 15th century to the present day. The collection is largely European, with particular strength in 19th-century British art. Highlights include Renaissance portraits by Botticelli and Tintoretto, biblical and classical scenes by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Angelica Kauffman, important landscapes by John Constable and J. M. W. Turner, iconic paintings by Pre-Raphaelite Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Impressionist Edgar Degas, as well as contemporary artists including Kehinde Wiley.