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Taking the high road ... Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire
Taking the high road ... Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire. Photograph: National Trust for Scotland
Taking the high road ... Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire. Photograph: National Trust for Scotland

The great British art quiz: set by the National Trust for Scotland

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British heritage sites are closed due to coronavirus – but you can explore their art collections by answering some tricky questions instead. The second of our series is by National Trust for Scotland

This quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from more than 3,000 venues and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.

Today, our questions are from National Trust for Scotland. With industrial buildings, castles, mansions and cottages, the collections range from fine and decorative art to furniture, books and associated archives. NTS collections can be found in more than 50 properties and provide a view into the lives of people across Scotland. The collection cares for around 300,000 objects and has a painting collection of international significance.

You can see art from the National Trust for Scotland on Art UK here.

  1. 1.How old is Agnes Murray-Kynynmound in this portrait by Allan Ramsay (1713–84)? Agnes Murray-Kynynmound, Allan Ramsay, 1713-84, Falkland Palace and Garden
  2. 2.Culross Palace in Fife was built by a merchant named Sir George Bruce. How did he make his money?
  3. 3.The Scottish artist Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933) used photographs to aid his paintings and was greatly inspired by Japanese culture and photography. Which Japanese city became most famous for its hand-coloured photography studios in the late 19th century?Japanese Musician, 1921–1925, oil on canvas, Edward Atkinson Hornel, Broughton House & Garden
  4. 4.In this painting by John Opie (1761–1807) we see seven of the children of the 21st Laird of Brodie, posing with their family dog. Brodie Castle is full of portraits that show the family with their favourite animals. Can you guess what unusual pets Violet Brodie (1878–1958) was particularly fond of?
  5. 5.In this beautiful example of a double portrait, James V of Scotland is depicted with his second wife, Mary of Guise. However, this is a 19th-century copy of a 16th-century original. Where can you find the original portrait?
  6. 6.In the painting at Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran – The Temptation of Saint Anthony by David Teniers II (1610–90) – the saint is depicted being tormented by a number of gruesome beasts and demons. Which of these bizarre and sinister creatures always appears in Tenier’s depictions of St Anthony?The Temptation of Saint Anthony, oil on panel, David Teniers II (1610–1690), Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park
  7. 7.Designed by William Adam in the 1770s, Haddo House was the home of the Gordon family who entertained the great and good of British society; which statesmen does this portrait by Richard Evans depict?
  8. 8.Which monarch is depicted in this painting?

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