National Gallery, London
National Gallery , London, United Kingdom
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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[edit]
Exterior[edit]
National Gallery, filmed in 1890 by Wordsworth Donisthorpe
Interior[edit]
Plans[edit]
Collections[edit]
1250–1399[edit]
Cimabue, The Virgin and Child with Two Angels, circa 1265–1280
Giotto, Pentecost, circa 1320–1325
Ugolino di Nerio, 1325-1328, Santa Croce Altarpiece
Wilton Diptych, circa 1395–1399
Duccio di Buoninsegna[edit]
Panel from the Predella from the Maestà, 1311
1400–1499[edit]
Gentile da Fabriano, Virgin and Child from the The Quaratesi Madonna, 1425
Masaccio, Central panel of the Pisa Polyptych, 1426
Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man, 1433
Jan van Eyck, Léal Souvenir, 1434
Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
Robert Campin, Portrait of a Man, c. 1435
Robert Campin, Portrait of a Woman, c. 1435
Stefano di Giovanni, Saint Francis Altarpiece, 1437–44
The Magdalen Reading, The Magdalen Reading, before 1438
Paolo Uccello, Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano, probably c. 1438–40
Pisanello,The Vision of Saint Eustace, c. 1438–42
Follower of Robert Campin, The Virgin and Child before a Firescreen, c. 1440
workshop 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
Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca. 1480-1490
A Concert, 1488-1490
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
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
High Altarpiece, Oratory of S. Pietro in Vincoli, National Gallery, 1505[edit]
Lucas Cranach the Elder - Portrait of Johann the Steadfast 1509.jpg Jan Gossaert 001.jpg|Jan Gossaert, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1510–5 Entombment Michelangelo.jpg|Michelangelo, The Entombment, c. 1510
Titian - The Holy Family with a Shepherd - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian, The Holy Family with a Shepherd, circa 1510
Tizian 078.jpg|Titian, Portrait of a Man with a Quilted Sleeve, c. 1510 Titian - Portrait of a Lady ('La Schiavona') - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian, La Schiavona, c. 1510 Gerard David - The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor - Google Art Project.jpg|Gerard David, The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor, probably 1510 The Aldobrandini Madonna.jpg|Raphael, The Aldobrandini Madonna, 1510 Sebastiano del Piombo - The Daughter of Herodias - Google Art Project.jpg|Sebastiano del Piombo, The Daughter of Herodias, 1510 Titian - Noli me Tangere - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian, Noli Me Tangere, c. 1512 Pope_Julius_II.jpg|Raphael, Pope Julius II, c. 1512 Hans Baldung Grien - Portrait of a Man - Google Art Project.jpg|Hans Baldung, Portrait of a Man, 1514
Sebastiano-del-piombo-madonna-child-saints-donor-NG1450-fm.jpg|Sebastiano del Piombo, The Madonna and Child with Saints, circa 1517
Jacopo Pontormo 032.jpg|Jacopo Pontormo, Joseph in Egypt, 1517-18 Andrea del Sarto - Portrait of a Man.jpg|Andrea del Sarto, Portrait of a Man, c. 1517–18 Sebastiano del Piombo, The Raising of Lazarus.jpg|Sebastiano del Piombo, The Raising of Lazarus, 1517–19 Albrecht Altdorfer, Christ Taking Leave of His Mother (probably 1520).jpg|Albrecht Altdorfer, Christ taking Leave of his Mother, c. 1520 Palma il Vecchio - A Blonde Woman.jpg|Palma il Vecchio, A Blonde Woman, c. 1520 Joachim Patinir 003.jpg|Joachim Patinir, St. Jerome in a Rocky Landscape, c. 1520 Titian Bacchus and Ariadne.jpg|Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne
, 1520–3 Girolamo da Treviso Adoration of the kings.jpg Holbein, Hans (II) - Erasmus - National Gallery.jpg Cupido.jpg|Correggio, Venus with Mercury and Cupid ("The School of Love"), c. 1525 Lucas Cranach (I) - Venus and Cupid (National Gallery, London).jpg|Lucas Cranach the Elder, Cupid complaining to Venus, c. 1525 Quentin_Matsys_-_A_Grotesque_old_woman.jpg|Quinten Massys, A Grotesque Old Woman, c. 1525–30 Lady with a Squirrel.jpg|Hans Holbein the Younger, Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?), 1526–8 Mystic marriage Parmigianino.jpg|Parmigianino, The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine
, c. 1527–31
Titian - The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John and a Female Saint or Donor ('The Aldobrandini Madonna') - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian, The Aldobrandini Madonna, circa 1532
Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_The_Ambassadors_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg|Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533 Lorenzo Lotto - Portrait of a Woman inspired by Lucretia - Google Art Project.jpg|Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Lady as Lucretia, 1533 Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo - Mary Magdalene - Google Art Project.jpg|Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, Mary Magdalene, 1535–40 Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan.jpg|Hans Holbein the Younger, Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, 1538 Titian and workshop - The Vendramin Family, venerating a Relic of the True Cross - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian, The Vendramin Family, c. 1543–7 Angelo Bronzino 001.jpg|Agnolo Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, 1545 Paolo Veronese, The Conversion of Mary Magdalene.jpg|Paolo Veronese, The Conversion of Mary Magdalene, c. 1548 Giovanni Battista Moroni - A Knight with his Jousting Helmet - Google Art Project.jpg|Giovanni Battista Moroni, Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1550 Titian and workshop - An Allegory of Prudence - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian and workshop, An Allegory of Prudence, circa 1550–65 Piero di Cosimo de' Medici.jpg|Portrait of Piero de' Medici, 1550 bis 1570 Jacopo Tintoretto - Saint George and the Dragon - Google Art Project.jpg|Jacopo Tintoretto, Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1555 Titian - Diana and Actaeon - 1556-1559.jpg|Titian, Diana and Actaeon, 1556–9 TitianDianaCallistoEdinburgh.jpg|Titian, Diana and Callisto, 1556–9 Titian - The Tribute Money - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian, The Tribute Money, circa 1560–8 Titian - The Death of Actaeon - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian, The Death of Actaeon, 1562 Anbetung der Könige (Bruegel, 1564).jpg|Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Adoration of the Magi, 1564 Paolo Veronese - Unfaithfulness - Google Art Project.jpg|Paolo Veronese, Infidelity, c. 1565 The Family of Darius before Alexander by Paolo Veronese 1570.jpg|Paolo Veronese, The Family of Darius before Alexander, 1565–70 Titian - The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ - Google Art Project.jpg|Titian, The Virgin Suckling the Christ Child, circa 1565–75 Joachim Beuckelaer - The Four Elements- Water - Google Art Project.jpg|Joachim Beuckelaer, The Four Elements: Water, 1569 Giovanni Battista Moroni - The Tailor ('Il Tagliapanni') - Google Art Project.jpg|Giovanni Battista Moroni, The Tailor, c. 1570–5 Jacopo Tintoretto - The Origin of the Milky Way - Google Art Project.jpg|Jacopo Tintoretto, The Origin of the Milky Way, c. 1575 El Greco, The Adoration of the Name of Jesus.png|El Greco, Adoration of the Name of Jesus, 1577–80 El Greco 019.jpg|El Greco, The Agony in the Garden, 1590s Caravaggio - Boy Bitten by a Lizard.jpg|Caravaggio, Boy Bitten By a Lizard, 1593–4 </gallery>
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
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
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
1800–1912[edit]
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
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