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WEBDiscover the masterpieces of European art at the Nation's Gallery, London. Browse the collection online, book a visit, or join the conversation.
Top 20 paintings | Stories | National Gallery, London
WEBDetail 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 ...
Plan your visit | Visiting | National Gallery, London
WEB6 days ago · Plan your visit. The National Gallery is free to visit. Booking is recommended, some walk up tickets are available. Open daily 10am–6pm and Friday until 9pm (Closed 24–26 December and 1 January) Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN.
Exhibitions | National Gallery, London
WEB4 October 2024 – 12 January 2025. Immerse yourself in 200 years of extraordinary National Gallery stories. Free.
Search the collection | Paintings | National Gallery, London
WEBSearch the collection. Search or browse our collection of more than 2,600 paintings. The "To" year should be greater than or equal to the "From" year. The "From" and "To" years should be between 1823 and 2024. In a guardroom that looks more like a Flemish tavern than a prison, a crown of thorns is being placed on Christ’s head.
Raphael (1483 - 1520) | National Gallery, London
WEBFor 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 where his father, Giovanni ...
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) | National Gallery, London
WEBVan Gogh was born in Holland, the son of a pastor; he travelled to London in 1873, and first visited Paris in 1874. Over the next decade he was employed in various ways, including as a lay preacher. By 1883 he had started painting, and in 1885-6 he attended the academy in Antwerp where he was impressed by Japanese prints and by the work of Rubens.
Highlights from the collection - The National Gallery, London
WEBExplore 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...
Diego Velázquez (1599 - 1660) | National Gallery, London
WEBVelázquez was born in 1599 in Seville in southern Spain, at that time an important city with a thriving artistic community. At the age of eleven, Velázquez was apprenticed to Francisco Pacheco, Seville's most significant artist and art theorist. From Pacheco, Velázquez learned the technical skills of drawing and painting, still …
Joseph Mallord William Turner - 1851) | National Gallery, London
WEBJoseph Mallord William Turner. Turner is perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist. He became known as 'the painter of light', because of his increasing interest in brilliant colours as the main constituent in his landscapes and seascapes. His works include water colours, oils and engravings. Turner was born near Covent Garden in London ...