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| Native name | National Gallery | ||
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| Established | 1824 | ||
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The National Gallery in London, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 Western European paintings. It occupies the north side of Trafalgar Square.
Building
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National Gallery, filmed in 1890 by Wordsworth Donisthorpe
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Aerial view -
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Close-up of the entrance portico -
The Sainsbury Wing
Interior
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Staircase Hall (1887, by Sir John Taylor) -
Staircase Hall -
Dome of the Staircase Hall -
Central Hall -
The Barry Rooms -
The Barry Octagon -
The Barry Octagon -
Dome of the Barry Octagon -
Sainsbury Wing
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Plans
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1836 plan of the National Gallery and Royal Academy, signed by the architect William Wilkins -
Plan of the ground floor (c 1894) -
Plan of the first floor (2006)
Collections
[edit]Main category: Paintings in the National Gallery, London
1250–1399
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Cimabue, The Virgin and Child with Two Angels, circa 1265–1280 -
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Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Healing of the Man Born Blind, 1307/8–1311 -
Duccio di Buoninsegna,The Transfiguration, 1307/8–1311 -
Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea, circa 1312–1315 -
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Ugolino di Nerio, Santa Croce Altarpiece, 1325–1328 -
1400–1499
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Jan van Eyck, Léal Souvenir, 1434 -
Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait, 1434 -
Robert Campin, Portrait of a Man, circa 1435 -
Robert Campin, Portrait of a Woman, circa 1435 -
Pisanello, The Virgin and Child with Saints, circa 1435–1441 -
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Rogier van der Weyden, The Magdalen Reading, before 1438 -
Paolo Uccello, Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano, circa 1438–1340
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Follower of Robert Campin, The Virgin and Child Before a Firescreen, circa 1440 -
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Stefan Lochner, Three Saints, circa 1450 -
Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?), circa 1450 -
Dieric Bouts, The Entombment, probably 1450s -
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Giovanni di Paolo, Saint John the Baptist Going into the Wilderness, 1454 -
Andrea Mantegna, The Agony in the Garden, c. 1458–60 -
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Giovanni Bellini, The Agony in the Garden, c. 1465 -
Bartolomé Bermejo, Saint Michael and the Devil, c. 1468 -
Dieric Bouts, Christ Crowned with Thorns, c. 1470 -
Paolo Uccello, Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1470 -
Piero della Francesca, The Nativity, 1470–5 -
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Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, Tobias and the Angel, circa 1470–1475 -
attr. Piero del Pollaiolo, Apollo and Daphne, c. 1470–80 -
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Antonio Pollaiuolo, The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1475 -
Antonello da Messina, Portrait of a Man, c. 1475–6 -
Hans Memling, The Donne Triptych, c. 1478 -
Hieronymus Bosch, The Crowning with Thorns, between 1479 and 1516 -
Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a young Man , c. 1483 -
Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars , c. 1485 -
Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation, 1486 -
Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca. 1480-1490 -
Lorenzo Costa, A Concert, 1488-1490 -
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Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c. 1490 -
Portrait of Battista Fiera, 1490-1495, National Gallery -
Andrea Mantegna, The Virgin and Child with Saints, probably 1490–1505 -
Piero di Cosimo, A Satyr Mourning over a Nymph, c. 1495 -
Pietro Perugino, Pavia Polyptych, late 1490s -
Albrecht Dürer, Saint Jerome, c. 1496 -
Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of the Artist's Father at 70, 1497 -
Michelangelo, The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Angels (The Manchester Madonna), 1497 -
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1500–1599
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Sandro Botticelli, Mystic Nativity , c. 1500–01 -
Cima da Conegliano, Saint Jerome in a Landscape, c. 1500–10 -
Giovanni Bellini, Doge Leonardo Loredan, after 1501 -
Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks, c. 1503–6 -
Giorgione, The Sunset, c. 1505 -
Giovanni Bellini, Madonna del Prato, 1505 -
Raphael, The Madonna of the Pinks, c. 1506–7 -
Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist, c. 1506–8 -
Jan Gossaert, Portrait of a Girl, c. 1500–30
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Jan Gossaert, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1510–5 -
Michelangelo, The Entombment, c. 1510 -
Titian, The Holy Family with a Shepherd, circa 1510 -
Titian, Portrait of a Man with a Quilted Sleeve, c. 1510 -
Titian, La Schiavona, c. 1510 -
Gerard David, The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor, probably 1510 -
Raphael, The Aldobrandini Madonna, 1510 -
Sebastiano del Piombo, The Daughter of Herodias, 1510 -
Titian, Noli Me Tangere, c. 1512 -
Raphael, Pope Julius II, c. 1512 -
Hans Baldung, Portrait of a Man, 1514 -
Sebastiano del Piombo, The Madonna and Child with Saints, circa 1517 -
Jacopo Pontormo, Joseph in Egypt, 1517-18 -
Andrea del Sarto, Portrait of a Man, c. 1517–18 -
Sebastiano del Piombo, The Raising of Lazarus, 1517–19 -
Albrecht Altdorfer, Christ taking Leave of his Mother, c. 1520 -
Palma il Vecchio, A Blonde Woman, c. 1520 -
Joachim Patinir, St. Jerome in a Rocky Landscape, c. 1520 -
Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne , 1520–3 -
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Correggio, Venus with Mercury and Cupid ("The School of Love"), c. 1525 -
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Cupid complaining to Venus, c. 1525 -
Quinten Massys, A Grotesque Old Woman, c. 1525–30 -
Hans Holbein the Younger, Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?), 1526–8 -
Parmigianino, The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine , c. 1527–31 -
Titian, The Aldobrandini Madonna, circa 1532 -
Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533 -
Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Lady as Lucretia, 1533 -
Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, Mary Magdalene, 1535–40 -
Hans Holbein the Younger, Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, 1538 -
Titian, The Vendramin Family, c. 1543–7 -
Agnolo Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, 1545 -
Paolo Veronese, The Conversion of Mary Magdalene, c. 1548 -
Giovanni Battista Moroni, Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1550 -
Titian and workshop, An Allegory of Prudence, circa 1550–65 -
Portrait of Piero de' Medici, 1550 bis 1570 -
Jacopo Tintoretto, Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1555 -
Titian, Diana and Actaeon, 1556–9 -
Titian, Diana and Callisto, 1556–9 -
Titian, The Tribute Money, circa 1560–8 -
Titian, The Death of Actaeon, 1562 -
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Paolo Veronese, Infidelity, c. 1565 -
Paolo Veronese, The Family of Darius before Alexander, 1565–70 -
Titian, The Virgin Suckling the Christ Child, circa 1565–75 -
Joachim Beuckelaer, The Four Elements: Water, 1569 -
Giovanni Battista Moroni, The Tailor, c. 1570–5 -
Jacopo Tintoretto, The Origin of the Milky Way, c. 1575 -
El Greco, Adoration of the Name of Jesus, 1577–80 -
El Greco, The Agony in the Garden, 1590s -
Caravaggio, Boy Bitten By a Lizard, 1593–4
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1600–1699
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Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus , 1601 -
Annibale Carracci, Christ appearing to St Peter on the Appian Way, 1601–2 -
Caravaggio, Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, 1607–10 -
Hendrick Avercamp, A Winter Scene with Skaters near a Castle, 1608–10 -
Peter Paul Rubens, Samson and Delilah, c. 1609–10 -
Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1616 -
Guercino, The Dead Christ Mourned by Two Angels, c. 1617–8 -
Hendrick ter Brugghen, A Man playing a Lute, 1624 -
Frans Hals, Young Man Holding a Skull (Vanitas) 1626–8 -
Nicolas Poussin, The Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1633–6 -
Philippe de Champaigne, Cardinal de Richelieu, 1633–40 -
Rembrandt, Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume, 1635 -
Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Francis in Meditation, 1635–9 -
Peter Paul Rubens, The Judgement of Paris, c. 1636 -
Rembrandt, Belshazzar's Feast, c. 1636–8 -
Anthony van Dyck, Lady Thimbelby and Viscountess Andover, c. 1637 -
Anthony van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, c. 1637–8 -
Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Francis in Meditation, 1639 -
Rembrandt, Self-Portrait at the Age of 34, 1640 -
Salvator Rosa, Self-portrait, 1640 -
Claude Lorrain, Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula, 1641 -
Philippe de Champaigne, Triple Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu probably 1642 -
Rembrandt, The Woman taken in Adultery, 1644 -
Diego Velázquez, The Rokeby Venus, 1647–51 -
Claude Lorrain, Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648 -
Claude Lorrain, Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca, 1648 -
Nicolas Poussin, Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake, 1648 -
Diego Velázquez, Philip IV of Spain in Brown and Silver, c. 1652–5 -
Carel Fabritius, Young Man in a Fur Cap, 1654 -
Rembrandt, A Woman bathing in a Stream (Hendrickje Stoffels?), 1654 -
Rembrandt, Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels, c. 1654–6 -
Pieter de Hooch, The Courtyard of a House in Delft, 1658 -
Rembrandt, Self Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669 -
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Self-Portrait, probably 1670–3 -
Jan Vermeer, A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, c. 1670–2 -
Jan Vermeer, A Young Woman standing at a Virginal, c. 1670–2 -
Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672 -
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities ("The Pedroso Murillo"), c. 1675–82 -
Meindert Hobbema, The Avenue at Middelharnis, 1689
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1700–1799
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Antoine Watteau, The Love Song, c. 1717 -
Canaletto, The Stonemason's Yard, c. 1725 -
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, The Young Schoolmistress. c. 1735–6 -
Canaletto, A Regatta on the Grand Canal, c. 1740 -
William Hogarth, The Shrimp Girl, c. 1740–5 -
William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement, c. 1743 -
William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête, c. 1743 -
William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 3. The Inspection, c. 1743 -
William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 4. The Toilette, c. 1743 -
William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 5. The Bagnio, c. 1743 -
William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 6. The Lady's Death, c. 1743 -
Pompeo Batoni, Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty, c. 1746 -
Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs Andrews, c. 1750 -
Jean-Étienne Liotard, The Lavergne Family Breakfast, 1754 -
Louis Tocqué, Portrait of Mademoiselle de Coislin, c. 1750–9 -
Pietro Longhi, Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice, 1751 -
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid, 1753 -
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, An Allegory with Venus and Time, c. 1754–8 -
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Giovanni Antonio Canal, Two Views of Piazza San Marco: Venice, Piazza San Marco and the Colonnade of the Procuratie Nuove, 1756 -
François Boucher, Pan and Syrinx, 1759 -
George Stubbs, Whistlejacket, c. 1762 -
François-Hubert Drouais, Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, 1763–1764 -
Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768 -
Johann Zoffany, Portrait of Mrs Oswald, c. 1770 -
Joshua Reynolds, Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons, 1773 -
Thomas Jones, Wall in Naples, 1782 -
Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Colonel Banastre Tarleton, 1782 -
Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Self Portrait in a Straw Hat, after 1782 -
Thomas Gainsborough, Mrs Siddons, 1785 -
Thomas Gainsborough, The Morning Walk, 1785 -
George Stubbs, A Gentleman Driving a Lady in a Phaeton, 1787 -
Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of Queen Charlotte, 1789–90 -
Jacques-Louis David, Portrait of Jacobus Blauw, 1795
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1800–1912
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Francisco Goya, Doña Isabel Cobos de Porcel, 1806 -
Caspar David Friedrich, Winter Landscape, c. 1811 -
Francisco Goya, The Duke of Wellington, 1812–4 -
Théodore Géricault, A Horse Frightened by Lightning, c. 1813–14 -
John Constable, The Hay Wain, 1821 -
John Constable, The Cornfield, 1826 -
Eugène Delacroix, Portrait of Louis-Auguste Schwiter, 1826–30 -
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Ruth in Boaz's Field, 1828 -
J. M. W. Turner, Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, 1829 -
Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833 -
J. M. W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire, 1838 -
J. M. W. Turner, Rain, Steam and Speed: The Great Western Railway, 1844 -
Jean-François Millet, The Winnower, c. 1847–8 -
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Madame Moitessier, 1856 -
Edgar Degas, Young Spartans Exercising, c. 1860 -
Édouard Manet, Music in the Tuileries, 1862 -
Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, The Beheading of John the Baptist, c. 1869 -
Claude Monet, Bathers at La Grenouillère, 1869 -
Claude Monet, The Beach at Trouville, 1870 -
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Edgar Degas, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879 -
Berthe Morisot, A Summer's Day, 1879 -
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Umbrellas, 1881–5 -
Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières, 1883–4 -
Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888 -
Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh's Chair, 1888 -
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, 1889 -
Gustave Moreau, Saint George and the Dragon, 1889–90 -
Henri Rousseau, Surprised!, 1891 -
Edgar Degas, After the Bath, Woman drying herself, c. 1896–8 -
Paul Cézanne, Bathers, 1894–1905 -
Claude Monet, The Water-Lily Pond, 1899 -
John Singer Sargent, Lord Redesdale, 1902 -
Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Hermine Gallia, 1904 -
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Lake Keitele, 1905 -
Odilon Redon, Ophelia among the Flowers, 1905–8 -
Joaquín Sorolla, The Drunkard, Zarauz, 1910 -
George Bellows, Men of the Docks, 1912 -
L. A. Ring, Road in the Village of Baldersbrønde (Winter Day), 1912
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Bibliography
[edit]- Gordon, Dillian (1981) The National Gallery, London: 100 Great Paintings – Duccio to Picasso, London: National Gallery
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