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Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers. Be blown away by Van Gogh’s most spectacular paintings in our once-in-a-century exhibition. See some of Europe's earliest, most exquisite and most significant artworks. Members get access to all the Gallery has to offer. Join today.
Top 20 paintings | Stories | National Gallery, London
Detail 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 ...
Search the collection | Paintings | National Gallery, London
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 between 1823 and 2024.
Highlights from the collection - The National Gallery, London
Explore 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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The blinding light: Van Gogh in Provence. Category: Course | Online | From £42.75. Thursday, 17 - Thursday, 31 October 2024. 3.30 - 5.30 pm BST. Join us for a focused exploration of Van Gogh’s dynamic paintings and his pivotal time in the south of France. Enrol. Film | Free.
Raphael (1483 - 1520) | National Gallery, London
For 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 …
Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) | National Gallery, London
Painter, on panel and in fresco, sculptor and architect, writer of sonnets, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the first artist recognised by contemporaries as a genius.Hero of the High Renaissance.He was the only artist of whom it was claimed in his lifetime that he surpassed Antiquity.. He was born in Caprese in the 1470s and trained first as a painter with Ghirlandaio, and then as a …
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The Keeper of Paintings. Step into a hidden world of art and magic with immersive apps. Available to share at the National Gallery, where you are and on Roblox. Find out more about The Keeper of Paintings chevron_right. Be inspired by great art and enjoy an exciting range of events this season. Suitable for all ages.
Rembrandt (1606 - 1669) | National Gallery, London
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden in the Netherlands in 1606. His father was a miller, comfortably off and able to send Rembrandt to the town's Latin School. At the age of 14, Rembrandt began studying at the famous University of Leiden (unusual for a miller's son), but academic life did not suit him. After a few months he left to begin an apprenticeship as a painter.