National Gallery, London
National Gallery , London,
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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
Exterior
- National Gallery, filmed in 1890 by Wordsworth Donisthorpe
- Aerial view
- Close-up of the entrance portico
- The Sainsbury Wing
Interior
- Staircase Hall (1887, by Sir John Taylor)
- Staircase Hall
- Central Hall
- The Barry Rooms
- The Barry Octagon
- The Barry Octagon
- Sainsbury Wing
Plans
- 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
Main category: Paintings in the National Gallery, London
1250–1399
- Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Healing of the Man Born Blind, 1307/8–1311
- Duccio di Buoninsegna,The Transfiguration, 1307/8–1311
- Ugolino di Nerio, Santa Croce Altarpiece, 1325–1328
1400–1499
- Jan van Eyck, Léal Souvenir, 1434
- Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
- Paolo Uccello, Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano, circa 1438–1340
Gordon 1981 - Dieric Bouts, The Entombment, probably 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
- attr. Piero del Pollaiolo, Apollo and Daphne, c. 1470–80
- 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
- Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation, 1486
- Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca. 1480-1490
- Lorenzo Costa, 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
- 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 San Pietro in Vincoli, National Gallery, 1505
- Jan Gossaert, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1510–5
- Michelangelo, The Entombment, c. 1510
- Titian, The Holy Family with a Shepherd, circa 1510
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Titian, The Aldobrandini Madonna, circa 1532
- 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
- Portrait of Piero de' Medici, 1550 bis 1570
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jean-Étienne Liotard, The Lavergne Family Breakfast, 1754
- 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, 1763–1764
- 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
- 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
Bibliography
- Gordon, Dillian (1981) The National Gallery, London: 100 Great Paintings – Duccio to Picasso, London: National Gallery

