1988:86–92). Redgrave proposed that a catalogue be compiled, with a
description and photograph of each painting. He started the project in 1858
and covered the pictures at Windsor, Buckingham Palace, and Hampton
Court, completing his task in 1879. The catalogue sheets were specially
designed and were updated by Redgrave and his successors.
The inventory survives to this day. The photographs are still
legible. A small panel from Hampton Court ofJupiter and Io,attributed
toLucas de Heere, is recorded as having “the middle joint broken and ill-
formed” (Fig. 14). The picture was examined in April 1869, and under the
heading “State of the picture at the above date” is written, “wants atten-246 McClure
Figure 14
Redgrave Inventory, entry for Jupiter and
Io,now attributed to Lucas de Heere.
Royal Collection.