This painting, for some time thought to be by an unknown artist, is now considered to be by Jacob van Ruisdael, the leading Dutch landscape painter of the seventeenth century. The rocky hillside lit ...

Another second album that features a Gallery artwork comes from Canadian band Crash Test Dummies. They released 'God Shuffled ...

Aeneas, prince of Troy, dressed here in an orange cloak, left his native city and arrived with his father, son, and companions on the island of Delos, home of the sun god Apollo. Anius, the King of ...

Agostino was the elder brother of Annibale Carracci, cousin of Ludovico Carracci, and father of Antonio Carracci. He was born in Bologna, and was active as an engraver as well as a painter. From about ...

The wind seems to chase the clouds across this painting, letting through a fitful sun to light up the tumbling water for one moment. In another it will be gone, falling instead on the sheep on the ...

Cornelis Cornelisz. was born in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Gillis Congnet in Antwerp for a year, but afterwards was active in Haarlem. He was a leading figure - with Hendrick Goltzius and Karel van ...

Who was John the Baptist and why has he been so important to artists and patrons over the centuries? 10 films explore the life of this pivotal figure through masterpieces in the National Gallery and ...

On a crisp autumn morning, the rising sun casts a cool light on the manor house. Shadows are long and there’s a suggestion of dew on the grass of the meadows. The windows of the manor house and the ...

Born in Antwerp, Jan van Kessel the Elder belonged to a dynasty of famous painters. His grandfather was Jan Brueghel the Elder, and David Teniers the Younger was his uncle. He was a pupil of the ...

Breenbergh was a native of Deventer. He is recorded in Amsterdam in 1619, then in Rome, where he was associated with Paul Bril. By 1653 he was back in Amsterdam, where he died. He was a landscape and ...

Following recent incidents within the Gallery it is now necessary to introduce increased security measures to ensure the safety of all who visit, National Gallery staff and the nation’s collection of ...

Chintreuil was born in Pont-de-Vaux (near Mâcon). From 1842 he studied in the studio of Paul Delaroche, but it was Corot who encouraged him to paint in the open air. He initially painted in the ...