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WEBOct 3, 2014 · Discover the masterpieces of European art at the Nation's Gallery, London. Browse the collection online, book a visit, or join the conversation.
Top 20 paintings | Stories | National Gallery, London
WEBDetail from Jan van Eyck, 'The Arnolfini Portrait', 1434. Detail from Hans Holbein the Younger, 'The Ambassadors', 1533. Detail from Joseph Mallord William Turner, 'The Fighting Temeraire', 1839. Detail from Leonardo da Vinci, 'The Virgin of the Rocks', about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8. The most popular painting page, with the highest number of views ...
Exhibitions | National Gallery, London
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Plan your visit | Visiting | National Gallery, London
WEBPlan your visit. The National Gallery is free to visit. Booking is recommended, some walk up tickets are available. Open daily 10am–6pm and Friday until 9pm (Closed 24–26 December and 1 January) Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN.
Raphael (1483 - 1520) | National Gallery, London
WEBFor centuries Raphael has been recognised as the supreme High Renaissance painter, more versatile than Michelangelo and more prolific than their older contemporary Leonardo.Though he died at 37, Raphael's example as a paragon of classicism dominated the academic tradition of European painting until the mid-19th century.. Raphael (Raffaello Santi) was born in Urbino where his father, Giovanni ...
Joseph Mallord William Turner - 1851) | National Gallery, London
WEBJoseph Mallord William Turner. Turner is perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist. He became known as 'the painter of light', because of his increasing interest in brilliant colours as the main constituent in his landscapes and seascapes. His works include water colours, oils and engravings. Turner was born near Covent Garden in London ...
Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) | National Gallery, London
WEBThis is an old copy, badly damaged in places, of a now lost painting that Michelangelo made for Alfonso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, in 1530. The Duke had recently received three mythological paintings from Titian, including the National Gallery’s Bacchus and Ariadne, so in accepting the commission M... This painting by an unknown artist is ...
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - 1875) | National Gallery, London
WEBJean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Born in Paris on 17 July 1796, Corot was the son of a cloth merchant and a milliner. After an education at the Collège de Rouen and two abortive apprenticeships with drapers, he was given the financial freedom at the age of 26 to devote himself to painting. He first studied with the landscapist Achille Etna ...
Artemisia Gentileschi | Paintings | National Gallery, London
WEBBorn in Rome in 1593, Artemisia was brought up by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. She trained alongside her three brothers in his workshop, where she proved the most talented of all his children. At the age of only 17, Artemisia was raped by the painter Agostino Tassi. There followed an infamous trial in 1612, in which Artemisia was ...
30 key artists | Visiting | National Gallery, London
WEBThe National Gallery houses one of the finest collections of paintings in the world, and contains works by artists as diverse as Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh to Rembrandt and Botticelli. This selection of 30 key artists includes some of the Gallery's greatest masters. Find out more about their lives and see examples of their work all ...
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