National Gallery

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[edit]

Exterior[edit]

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Close-up of the entrance portico
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The Sainsbury Wing
Aerial view

Interior[edit]

Staircase Hall (1887, by Sir John Taylor)
Staircase Hall
Dome of the Staircase Hall
The Barry Rooms
The Barry Octagon
The Barry Octagon
Dome of the Barry Octagon
Sainsbury Wing

Plans[edit]

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

Paintings in the National Gallery, London
	Gothic • Early Netherlandish • Renaissance • Mannerist • Baroque • Rococo • Romantic • Impressionist • Post-Impressionist British paintings • Dutch paintings • Flemish paintings • French paintings • German paintings • Italian paintings • Spanish paintings

1250–1399[edit]

Cimabue, The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, circa 1265–80
Duccio, Panel from the Maestà, 1311
Duccio, Panel from the Maestà, 1311
Duccio, Panel from the Maestà, 1311
Duccio, Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea, circa 1315
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Giotto, Pentecost, circa 1320–5
The Wilton Diptych, c. 1395–9

1400–1499[edit]

Gentile da Fabriano, Virgin and Child from the Quartaresi Altarpiece, 1425
Masaccio, Central panel of the Pisa Altarpiece, 1426
Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), 1433
Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (Léal Souvenir), 1434
Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
Robert Campin, Portrait of a Man, c. 1435
Robert Campin, Portrait of a Woman, c. 1435
Pisanello, The Virgin and Child with Saints, c. 1435–41
Sassetta, San Sepolcro Altarpiece, 1437–44
Rogier van der Weyden, The Magdalen Reading, before 1438
Paolo Uccello, The Battle of San Romano, probably c. 1438–40
Pisanello,The Vision of Saint Eustace, c. 1438–42
Robert Campin, The Virgin and Child before a Firescreen, c. 1440
Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Ivo, c. 1450
Stefan Lochner, Three Saints, c. 1450
Dieric Bouts, The Entombment, probably 1450s
Piero della Francesca, The Baptism of Christ, 1450s
Giovanni di Paolo, Saint John the Baptist Going into the Wilderness, 1454
Andrea Mantegna, The Agony in the Garden, c. 1458–60
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
Sandro Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1470–5
attr. Piero del Pollaiolo, Apollo and Daphne, c. 1470–80
Sandro Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1473
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
Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c. 1490
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

1500–1599[edit]

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
Jan Gossaert, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1510–5
Michelangelo, The Entombment, c. 1510
Titian, The Holy Family with a Shepherd, circa 1510
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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
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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
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, Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine, c. 1527–31
Titian, The Aldobrandini Madonna, circa 1532
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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
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
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Adoration of the Magi, 1564
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

1600–1699[edit]

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
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
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

1700–1799[edit]

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
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
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, 1763–4
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