My Favourite Painting

My Favourite Painting: The Duke of Northumberland

Ralph Percy, Duke of Northumberland, chooses 'Portrait of the artist with Nicholas Lanier and Sir Charles Cotterell', bought by one of his forbears for just £44.

My Favourite Painting: Nick Ashley

Nick Ashley chooses Samantha by Alex Katz, an artist who made his name in New York's art scene of the 1980s.

My Favourite Painting: Jemma Powell

The artist and actress Jemma Powell on a Spanish family portrait.

My Favourite Painting: Oliver Mears

Opera director Oliver Mears chooses a classic anti-war painting.

My Favourite Painting: Habda Rashid

My Favourite Painting: Clare Moriarty

Clare Moriarty of Citizens Advice pushes the boundaries of our feature by choosing not a painting, but a sculpture. Or rather, a series of thousands of sculptures: Anthony Gormley's 'Field for the British Isles'.

My Favourite Painting: Charles Foster

The writer, barrister and veterinarian Charles Foster on a dramatic seascape by Konstantinovich Aivazovsky.

My Favourite Painting: Jean-Louis Sebagh

‘I love the beauty of the woman’s back; her elegant, naturally confident pose; and the fact that she is serenely contemplating herself.

My Favourite Painting: The Duchess of Rutland

The Duchess of Rutland chooses a portrait of the woman who was her most eminent predecessor.

My Favourite Painting: Clare Matterson

Clare Matterson of the RHS chooses an abstract image.

My Favourite Painting: Cecilia McDowall

Composer Cecilia McDowall chooses a 15th century masterpiece by Fra Angelico.

My favourite painting: Greg Pickup

Conservationist Greg Pickup chooses a portrait of an early gay rights activist that is simultaneously shabby yet charismatic.

My favourite painting: Tessy Ojo

The chief executive of The Diana Award chooses a picture that will inspire you to find 'people who will help you stand tall and not make you shrink'.

My favourite painting: Frances Spalding

Art critic and historian Frances Spalding chooses an unusual work by Hans Holbein the Younger.

My Favourite Painting: Rachel Trevor-Morgan

The Queen's milliner Rachel Trevor-Morgan picks Lady Agnew of Lochnaw by John Singer Sargent.

My Favourite Painting: Todd Longstaffe-Gowan

The landscape architect picks out a dramatic biblical image given new life by 'Il Fiammingo'.

My Favourite Painting: Ameer Kotecha

Food writer Ameer Kotecha chooses a picture whose creator clearly loves food as much as the rest of us.

My favourite painting: Saad Eddine Said

Saad Eddine Said of the New Art Exchange chooses a fascinating modern painting that's full of classical influences.

My favourite painting: Jacquiline Creswell

The visual-arts advisor and curator at Chichester Cathedral chooses a huge painting that is 'an assault on the senses'.

My Favourite Painting: Paul Chesney

Paul Chesney of Chesneys Fireplaces chooses a classic Renoir.