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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.
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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
WEB4 October 2024 – 12 January 2025. Immerse yourself in 200 years of extraordinary National Gallery stories. Free.
Search the collection | Paintings | National Gallery, London
WEBSearch the collection. Search or browse our collection of more than 2,600 paintings. Show full image Group by artist. Master of the Albertini (Master of the Casole Fresco) Master of the Borgo Crucifix (Master of the Franciscan Crucifixes) The "To" year should be greater than or equal to the "From" year. The "From" and "To" years should be ...
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 ...
Highlights from the collection - The National Gallery, London
WEBExplore our most popular masterpieces. Rachel Ruysch’s elegant bouquet carries a breath of autumn. Pear blossom, peonies, honeysuckle and columbine all bloom early in the year, but the burnt orange and deep green of the lilies, the seed pod straggling over the edge of the shelf, the ripe wheat and the dry, veined leaves turn away thou...
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WEBThe National Gallery at 200: Past, Present, Future. Category: Course | Online | From £70.50. Thursday, 22 August - Thursday, 26 September 2024. 3.30 - 5.30 pm BST. As we celebrate our 200th birthday, discover the paintings and personalities that formed the National Gallery’s collection in the past, and the ideas that shape it now.
Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641) | National Gallery, London
WEB1599 - 1641. Image: After Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of the Artist, about 1750-1825 (Detail) Van Dyck was the most important Flemish painter of the 17th century after Rubens, whose works influenced the young Van Dyck. He also studied and was profoundly influenced by the work of Italian artists, above all, Titian.
Jan van Eyck (active 1422; died 1441) | National Gallery, London
WEBJan van Eyck is credited with originating a style of painting characterised by minutely realistic depictions of surface effects and natural light. This was made possible by using an oil medium, which allowed the building up of paint in translucent layers, or glazes. Little is known of van Eyck's origins, but he probably came from Maaseik, near Maastricht, and was of the gentry class.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - 1682) | National Gallery, London
WEBBartolomé Esteban Murillo. Murillo was the leading painter in Seville in the later 17th century. He remained one of the most admired and popular of all European artists in the 18th and early 19th centuries. His early works were much influenced by the early works of Velázquez, executed before Velázquez left Seville in 1623, and by the ...
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