In this late work, the saints are not securely identified. Francia repeated this composition, with some variation, on other occasions; the saints could easily be changed into others without causing any damage to the central view of the Virgin & Child. ...

This painting & ' The Donor & Saint Mary Magdalene' were originally the wings of an altarpiece. Here the Virgin is supported by Saint John the Evangelist. The focus of her anguish was presumably the figure of Christ in the lost central panel of the alt ...

The painting shows Mary appearing to receive rays emanating from the Holy Spirit (in the form of a Dove) as she receives the news from the Angel Gabriel that she will give birth to the Son of God (Luke 1: 26-38). This work is probably one of a pair of pan ...

These panels are the sawn-off outsides of the wings of ' The Crucifixion'. The costume indicates a date of around 1525-30 or a little later. ...

Inscribed identifying the saints: (left wing, left to right) 1/. S. BER[NARDUS] (Saint Bernard) 2/. S. SCOLASTICA 3/ B. (Saint Benedict) 4/. ECCE. AGNVS. DEI. QVI TO (LLIT PECC)A (TA MUNDI) (Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin [of the World]); (ri ...

The figures have been identified as the Virgin Mary (top right) with apostles & the evangelists. This, along with four other panels showing respectively, ' Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven', ' The Forerunners of Christ with Saints & Martyrs', ' Th ...

This pocket mirror features a detail from Leonardo da Vinci's The Virgin of the Rocks from the National Gallery Collection. This simple yet elegant mirror has the painting detail on one side & the mirror on the other. About this painting The Virgin of the Rocks, about 1491/2-9 & 1506-8 Oil on poplar, thinned & cradled, 189.5 x 120 cm © The National Gallery, London. Bought, 1880 ...

Create your own bespoke print of Leonardo da Vinci's The Virgin of the Rocks from our collection. About this painting The Virgin of the Rocks, about 1491, 1492
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- 1508 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1880 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.

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The Virgin is set against a gold-leaf background. Her heavenly nature is emphasised by her jewelled hood-trimming & the intricate patterns punched onto the painting's gilded surface. The Virgin's incomplete halo suggests that the panel may have been cropped at the top. A false attribution to the thirteenth-century Italian artist Cimabue appears in an inscription on the back of the panel. Until recently, the painting was thought to be French but new evidence suggests it was made in the region of Valencia, Spain, in the mid-fifteenth century. Pine panels like the one which this picture is painted were commonly used in the Mediterranean, particularly in Valencia. The thin layers of oil paint & the meticulous attention paid to decorative motifs recall Netherlandish painting, which the artist could have seen in Spain or by travelling to the Netherlands. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Titian’s The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ from our collection. About this painting The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ, about 1565-75 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1924 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. ...