How many 17th-century breakfast dishes can you name? The great British art quiz

Breakfast piece, 1614, Jacob van Hulsdonck. Photograph: Bowes Museum

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 set by the Bowes Museum, a collection of art, fashion and design, housed in a chateau in Barnard Castle, at the border of Yorkshire and County Durham.

You can see art from the collection on Art UK here. Find out more on the Bowes Museum website.

1. 

   Canaletto painted this magnificent work celebrating Ascension Day and the marriage of the Venetian Republic to the Adriatic Sea. What is the big golden boat, carrying the doge and members of the senate, called?

   1. The Bucintoro

   2. The Marianna

   3. Vittoria

   4. The Capitana

2. 

   The Bowes Museum has recently discovered that this painting is by Anthony van Dyck. But who is the sitter?

   1. Henrietta Maria

   2. Olivia Boteler Porter

   3. Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle

   4. Elizabeth Conquest

3. 

   Interior of a Prison by Francisco de Goya is one of the most iconic paintings at the Bowes Museum. As part of a series of a 12 "cabinet" pictures, what was this work painted on?

   1. Panel

   2. Canvas

   3. Tinplate

   4. Glass

4. 

   The Silver Swan the most iconic object in – and symbol of – the Bowes Museum. Made completely out of silver, what year was this beautiful automaton completed?

   1. 1773

   2. 1845

   3. 1867

   4. 1798

5. 

   The lady in this painting is one of the founders of the Bowes Museum. Born in Paris she was a socialite, art collector and acclaimed artist. What is her name?

   1. Françoise Barnard

   2. Joséphine Bowes

   3. Bernardine Barnard

   4. Alphonsine Bowes

6. 

   François Boucher was drawing master to one of the most famous patrons of the arts and mistress to the King of France. Who was she?

   1. Nell Gwynn

   2. Madame de Maintenon

   3. Barbara Villiers

   4. Madame de Pompadour

7. 

   How many of the dishes in this 17th-century breakfast can you identify?

   1. One

   2. Five

   3. Seven

   4. Twelve

8. 

   Which English composer wrote music for evening concerts, called Academies, in the Palazzo della Cancelleria, residence of Cardinal Ottoboni, in Rome?

   1. Henry Purcell

   2. George Friderich Handel

   3. William Boyce

   4. Thomas Tallis

Solutions

1:A - The Bucintoro was 35-metres (115ft) long and nearly 9-metres (26ft) tall. Resembling a floating palace, it could hold up to 90 people in its main chamber. It was mainly used by the doges of Venice, every year on Festa della Senza/Ascension Day, to take the doge out to the Adriatic Sea. The doge would perform the "Marriage of the Sea", a ceremony symbolising the marriage of Venice to the sea. The ceremony is still performed today by the mayor of Venice. Image: The Bucintoro Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day after the Ceremony of Wedding the Adriatic, Venice, Italy, c1730-39, Canaletto (1697–1768). Credit: Bowes Museum. , 2:B - In 2013, the painting was firmly attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck, the most important artist in England during the 17th century. The subject was later identified as Olivia Boteler Porter, wife of Endymion Porter, an English diplomat. The BBC recorded the discovery of the true identity of the painting’s creator in a Culture Show programme first aired in 2013. Image: Oliva Boteler Porter, 1630s, Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). Credit: Bowes Museum. , 3:C - This prison scene belongs to a series of 12 "caprichos" that Francisco Goya painted on tinplate during his convalescence from a serious illness in about 1793. Prisoners and prisons are common motifs in Goya's works and reflects his interest in the representation of the passions and physical suffering. The work also recalls Enlightenment concerns with penal reform and civil rights. Image: Interior of a Prison, c1793-94, Francisco de Goya (1746–1828). Credit: Bowes Museum. , 4:A - Over the last century, this musical automaton has become the symbol of the Bowes Museum. The Silver Swan dates from 1773 and was first recorded in 1774 as a crowd-puller in the Mechanical Museum of James Cox, a London showman and dealer. The internal mechanism is by John Joseph Merlin, a famous inventor of the time. Usually you can see the Swan in action every afternoon at 2pm. This performance lasts approximately 40 seconds. Image: Silver Swan Automaton, 1772-74, created in the workshop of James Cox with John Joseph Merlin. Credit: Bowes Museum. , 5:B - Born in Paris, the daughter of a clockmaker, Joséphine was an actress at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris when she and John Bowes met. Parisian socialite, woman of fashion, piano singer Joséphine had a great passion for painting and trained with various artists of the time. Her artworks were accepted at the famous Paris Salon on a few occasions, which highlighted what a great artist she was. She was a great driving force behind building the Bowes Museum. Image: Joséphine Bowes (1825-74), Countess of Montalbo, 1850, Antoine Dury (1819-after 1880). Credit: Bowes Museum. , 6:D - This work demonstrates Boucher’s picturesque, rococo style of landscape painting that flourished during the 18th century. Boucher was a prolific artist and popular painter of his day, known for his pastoral landscapes, female nudes and mythological paintings. He received the patronage of Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV. In 1765, he became director of the Royal Academy and was appointed the first painter to King Louis XV. Image: Landscape with a Watermill, 1743, François Boucher (1703-70). Credit: Bowes Museum., 7:D - This painting by Jacob van Hulsdonck is a depiction of a Dutch breakfast for the wealthy. In the 17th century, a boost to the economy led to the Dutch eating four meals a day rather than two. Some of the delicacies depicted include: preserved herring, sheeps’ trotters, dark rye bread and cherries on a Chinese porcelain, which had recently begun to be imported in large quantities by the Dutch East India Company. Painted six years after Van Hulsdonck became a master in the Antwerp Guild, this painting is an early Flemish example of the theme of the table-top. Image: Breakfast Piece, 1614, Jacob van Hulsdonck (1582-1647). Credit: Bowes Museum. , 8:B - The sitter was appointed vice-chancellor of the Church and became a Cardinal following his great-uncle’s election as Pope Alexander VIII in 1689. The benefices bestowed upon the sitter provided him with a generous income that he spent on lavish banquets and celebrations on religious holidays. He appointed Domenico Paradisi to renovate his official residence in Rome the Palazzo della Cancelleria and became the most important patrons of the arts, supporting writers, painters and musicians including Handel. Image: Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, c1689-1700, Francesco Trevisani (1656–1746). Credit: Bowes Museum.

Scores

1. 8 and above.

   A brush with greatness!

2. 7 and above.

   Great impression!

3. 6 and above.

   Good impression

4. 5 and above.

   Good impression

5. 4 and above.

   Decent impression

6. 3 and above.

   A palatable score

7. 2 and above.

   Start brushing up!

8. 0 and above.

   Start brushing up!

9. 1 and above.

   Start brushing up!