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 ...

Create your own bespoke print of Canaletto’s The Stonemason's Yard from our collection. About this painting Venice: Campo S. Vidal & Santa Maria della Carità (' The Stonemason's Yard'), about 1725 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1828 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 painting of a storm, with its dramatic sky, bold brushwork & colour, is typical of Diaz's later work. Diaz was an inspiration to younger French artists, including the Impressionists. ...

Cimon, a handsome but coarse & uneducated youth, fell in love with Iphigenia (or Efigenia) & married her. The effects of love were beneficial & turned him into an educated & graceful man. This is an improving story from Boccaccio's ' Decameron' (5: ...

Create your own bespoke print of Francesco Pesellino’s The Story of David & Goliath from our collection. About this painting The Story of David & Goliath, about 1445-55 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 2000 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 painting is the second part of a set of works illustrating the last story of Boccaccio's ' Decameron' (see also ' The Story of Patient Griselda' Parts I & III). They may have been let into the wainscoting of a room, or have decorated 'spalliere'. The scene depicts the marquis putting Griselda's obedience to the test by giving her baby to a servant, & making her believe it is to be killed. The marquis pretends to dissolve the marriage, & instructs her to return to her father's house. ...

This painting is the third part of a set of works illustrating the last story of Boccaccio's ' Decameron' (see also ' The Story of Patient Griselda' Parts I & II). They may have been let into the wainscoting of a room, or have decorated 'spalliere'. The sc ...

During the exodus from Egypt, the Red Sea parted for the fleeing Israelites, & closed again to drown Pharaoh's pursuing army. Miriam & other Israelite women danced to celebrate this escape. Old Testament (Exodus 15: 20-21). Moses is in the foreground ...

During their exodus from Egypt, the Israelites were short of food in the wilderness, & God provided manna, a miraculous food, from Heaven. Old Testament (Exodus 16: 14-36). Moses, on the left, directs the Israelites to gather up the heavenly bread. Both ...

This unusual subject has recently been identified as the story of the boy Papirius, who accompanied his father to the senate, & was sworn to secrecy concerning the debate. Questioned by his mother (left), he claimed they had discussed whether it would be better for men to have two wives, or women two husbands. The next day, she rallied the matrons of Rome to petition the senate that women might have two husbands. The senators were astonished & outraged until Papirius intervened to unravel the mystery (centre). The jovial classical subject is of a kind favoured for the decoration of domestic interiors in the Renaissance period. Beccafumi included many identifiable Roman monuments among which are the Colosseum (centre) & Castel Sant' Angelo (right). A date in the 1520s seems likely. ...