These seven panels come from the back of a large two-sided polyptych made for the high altar of San Francesco, Borgo Sansepolcro & depict the life of Saint Francis, founder of the Franciscan Order, who died in 1226. The altarpiece was commissioned in 14 ...

The game was originally a children's game, in which the players put their hands one on top of another, counting upwards from one; whoever had nine seized a hand not on the pile, saying ' Je tiens mon pied de boeuf.' The painting is a copy of an original ex ...

Known as ' The Garden of Love' on account of the foreground figures who have some of the attributes of love
- flowers, musical
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This picture, previously entitled ' Outskirts of a Village', probably depicts a scene from the artist's home town of Auvers-sur-Oise in France. Several other artists also worked in Auvers including Cezanne & Van Gogh who described the area in a letter to ...

Create your own bespoke print of Claude Monet’s The Gare St-Lazare from our collection. About this painting The Gare St-Lazare, 1877 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1982 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 work was originally the bottom part of an altarpiece, which was probably in the Church of S. Maria in Stelle, Verona. The upper part apparently showed the Virgin & Child with saints, while another fragment in Verona shows Saints Sebastian & Roch, ...

Author Dr. Olsen is one of the leading experts on the Golden Section, & Professor of Philosophy & Religion at College of Central Florida in Ocala, Florida. His new book, out in Spring 2013, is Divine Proportion: the Mathematical Perfection of the Universe. The Golden Section: Nature's Greatest Secret is a concise & useful history book on the Golden Section
- also known as the Golden Ratio & Golden Mean.  The Golden Section is a line segment divided into two parts, such that the ratio of the short portion to the longer portion is equal to the ratio of the longer portion to the whole. It is one of the most elegant & beautiful ratios of the mathematical universe because of its combination of elegance & simplicity
- hence the divine nature of its name.   Drawing on art, architecture, philosophy, nature, mathematics, geometry, & music
- & beautifully illustrated with all manner of images- this mathematical history book will tell the story of this remarkable construct & its wide ranging impact on civilization & the natural world. This history book is one of many art books available from the National Gallery, which include art history books, art exhibition catalogues & gift books.


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In a parable recounted in the New Testament, Christ described how a traveller, stripped & beaten half-dead by robbers, was saved by a Samaritan, while a Priest & a Levite 'passed by on the other side' (Luke 10: 25-38). The flasks in the painting are for the oil & wine which the Samaritan pours on the traveller's wounds. The distant city is the artist's native Bassano. This work is also known in other versions. ...

Create your own bespoke print of William Hogarth’s The Graham Children from our collection. About this painting The Graham Children, 1742 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1934 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. ...

Ferdinand II de' Medici (1610
- 1670), who wears a commander's sash & the military order of San Stefano, & carries a commander's
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