An honest woodman who had lost his axe was rewarded by Mercury with a golden one when he denied that his own had been of precious metal. A dishonest woodman thereupon claimed that he had lost a golden axe; Mercury recovered it & showed it was merely of ...

It is not clear whether Uyttenbroeck intended to represent a particular mythological subject here. The scene has been described as the ' Nurture of Bacchus', but it could equally well be a rustic love scene such as that of Daphnis & Chloe. The artist is ...

The nymph Echo was in love with the beautiful youth Narcissus, who rejected her cruelly. The goddess Nemesis punished Narcissus by making him fall in love with his own reflection, seen in a pool. Echo died, leaving only her voice, & Narcissus died because his love remained unrequited. The lower of the two nymphs in the trees is probably Echo. The reclining nymph at the bottom, who was originally draped, seems to have been repainted as a nude in the 18th century. The story comes from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (Book 3) & was frequently painted, but this is Claude's only known treatment of the subject. It is also one of only two paintings recorded by him as having been made for an English patron who, unfortunately, has not been identified. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Paul Cézanne’s Landscape with Poplars from our collection. About this painting Landscape with Poplars, about 1885-7 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1979 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

This small panel is very close in style to two paintings by Rijckaert dated 1626 & is likely to be by him. It may have formed part of the decoration of a cabinet. It evokes the golden age of antiquity, & a growing taste for decorative landscape. ...

The subject of this painting may be taken from the ' Argonautica' of Apollonius. The winged Zetes & Calais, the sons of Boreas, are shown chasing the harpies away from the blind Phineus, whose food had been defiled by the harpies. The companion piece to t ...

Create your own bespoke print of Claude’s Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac & Rebekah (' The Mill') from our collection. About this painting Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac & Rebekah (' The Mill'), 1648 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1824 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Patel's landscape shows the impact on Paris taste of classical landscapes arriving from Rome. It was painted shortly after the arrival in Paris of works by the neo-classical artist Claude, which belonged to the Duc de Bouillon. Patel probably never visi ...

In the background is the Massacre of the Innocents which was carried out by Herod's soldiers & from which the Holy Family had fled. In the left background is the Miracle of the Corn, according to which corn sprang up to deceive Herod's officers during t ...

For the subject see the ' Aeneid' (4: 119). Dido & Aeneas are in the cave at the right; in the sky at the left Juno, Venus & Hymen. The figures & the dogs are by the Roman painter, Carlo Maratta, & the landscape by Dughet. The picture was recorded in the Palazzo Falconieri, Rome, in 1717 where it remained until around 1800. ...