Coming soon – The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour: The Marquise de Seignelay

Coming soon: Pierre Mignard's The Marquise de Seignelay visits South Shields Museum & Art Gallery from Saturday 29 August - Saturday 7 November 2026.

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery has been selected as one of just four partners to host the National Gallery Masterpiece Tour, a three-year transformative opportunity to bring world-class art to the North East.

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Every year, the National Gallery partners with organisations and audiences across the UK to ensure that everyone in Britain can engage with their national collection.

The Masterpiece Tour 2025–27 is a partnership between the National Gallery, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich; South Shields Museum and Art Gallery; Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and Cooper Gallery, Barnsley who work together to select and display a painting from the National Gallery in exhibitions which offer new ways for audiences across the UK to experience the painting.

Partners and Funders

Image credit: Pierre Mignard, 'The Marquise de Seignelay', 1691