The 12 main panels of the altarpiece, one of the largest to be commissioned in 14th-century Florence, are in the National Gallery Collection. The predella shows scenes from the life of Saint Peter & is dispersed in different collections. The painting was commissioned for the church of San Pier Maggiore in Florence, probably by the Albizzi family. The accounts of 1370 show that a certain Niccolò, probably Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, designed the altarpiece. It was probably painted by Jacopo di Cione & assistants. It was completed in 1371. In the centre of the composition are Christ & the Virgin, dressed in white & gold, & seated upon a canopied throne surrounded by angels. The panels to each side are densely crowded with saints; to the left a prominent Saint Peter carries a model of San Pier Maggiore. The middle tier of the altarpiece, which would have been supported by heavy buttresses, showed (from left to right) the Nativity, the Adoration of the Kings, the Resurrection, the Maries at the Sepulchre, the Ascension & Pentecost. In the three pinnacles above, the Trinity appeared in the centre with adoring angels on each side. A later, more fluent, Florentine version of the theme is ' The Coronation of the Virgin' by Lorenzo Monaco. ...

The altarpiece is complete & was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. It came from the Camaldolese Nunnery of San Giovanni in Pratovecchio, Italy. In the pinnacles are the Archangel Gabriel, the Trinity & the Virgin Annunciate. On the left panel ar ...

This is one of a series of edifying historical, legendary & allegorical subjects painted in a room in the Petrucci palace in Siena in about 1509. Two others
- ' Penelope with the Suitors' by Pintoricchio & ' Coriolanus persuaded by his Family to spare R
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The panel shows David's triumphal procession from Gath to Jerusalem. David holds the head of Goliath, the giant whom he has just slain. This painting probably formed part of a cassone or another piece of furniture, like its companion ' The Story of David an ...

Create your own bespoke print of Nicolas Poussin’s The Triumph of Pan from our collection. About this painting The Triumph of Pan, 1636 © 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 poster print features Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s The Umbrellas. Renoir worked on this picture over several years. The two little girls & the lady behind them on the right are in an earlier, softer style than the rest of the picture. It was probably after a trip to Italy from 1881-82 that he reworked the picture in a more severe style. About this painting The Umbrellas, about 1881-6 Oil on canvas, 180.3 x 114.9 cm © Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917 This poster displays the artist's name & the National Gallery logo at the bottom. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s The Umbrellas from our collection. About this painting The Umbrellas, 1881-6 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1917 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. ...

St-Vincent is in the valley of Le Falgoux which extends up to Puy Mary, one of the principal summits of the Cantal region in the Auvergne. The painting has been dated to 1830, when Rousseau travelled in the Auvergne. The composition was extended with a narrow strip at the top, probably by Rousseau himself. ...

The view is downstream from the village of Holt in Denbighshire, North Wales. The towers of Chester Cathedral & St John's Church are just visible in the background. The hills in the distance may be in Lancashire, beyond the River Mersey. This view is pro ...

The sitters are Gabriel Vendramin, the collector of works of art, Andrea Vendramin (died 1547), & the latter's seven sons. The reliquary of the True Cross on the altar still exists. It was presented to an earlier Andrea Vendramin, Guardian of the Scuola di S. Giovanni Evangelista, Venice, on behalf of this confraternity in 1369. On one occasion he is said to have rescued it from a canal. The painting of the children, with the exception of the boy holding a puppy on the right, must be by the artist's workshop. ...