Among the most famous later works of Guardi are evocations, almost in the manner of Whistler, of the landscape & atmosphere of his native Venice & its surroundings. The tower of Malghera, a relic of the ancient fortifications of the city & demolishe ...

Create your own bespoke print of Jan van der Heyden’s View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam from our collection. About this painting View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam, probably 1660 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1990 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. ...

The scene is probably in the neighbourhood of Daubigny's home in Auvers in France. The lack of foreshore suggests that the view was painted from ' Le Botin', a ferry which Daubigny converted into a floating studio. This painting shows the broad handling of ...

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The poet Virgil reads to the Emperor Augustus & his sister Octavia a passage from the ' Aeneid' (Book VI), in praise of Octavia's dead son Marcellus. She swoons with grief. The subject is from the ' Life of Virgil' by Donatus. This picture was exhibited at ...

The infant Christ toys with a rosary to which is attached a piece of coral, traditionally worn by children as a protection against evil. On the shutters is a Latin Prayer in praise of the Immaculate Virgin, asking for her protection. The frame of the centr ...

The Three Kings have sought out the Child Jesus in the stable where he was born. They bear gifts (gold, frankincense & myrrh) & have journeyed from the East. New Testament (Matthew 2: 10-12). The stable at Bethlehem is attached to the ruins of a great ...

This is one of the two very late large-scale treatments of the the Adoration of Shepherds by Reni; the other was for the Certosa di S. Martino in Naples (and remains in situ). This work is thought to date from about 1640 & was possib ...

As the Virgin rises to heaven surrounded by angels music-making, her girdle falls from her waist. It is about to be caught by Saint Thomas, the disciple who doubted that Christ had risen from the dead & who was given this extra proof of the Virgin's Assumption. Christ, accompanied by prophets & ancestors, among them David & John the Baptist, welcomes his mother. The painting, said to have been dated 1474, formed the centre of an altarpiece in S. Agostino, Asciano, near Siena where Matteo di Giovanni worked. Side panels representing Saint Michael & Saint Augustine survive in Asciano. The Annunciation & perhaps other saints were represented on a higher tier of the polyptych. ...

Van Eyck to Gossaert: Towards a Northern Renaissance, published alongside the exhibition Jan Gossaert’s Renaissance at the National Gallery, 23 February – 30 May 2011, is a comprehensive account of the Renaissance in the Netherlands & the Low Countries. Objects of beauty & prestige, early Netherlandish paintings were among the most widely sought-after works of the Renaissance. Their appeal lay partly in their materials & astonishing technical refinement, as well as their descriptive realism, emotional power & innovative subject matter. Van Eyck to Gossaert: Towards a Northern Renaissance draws on the extensive collection of the National Gallery, & provides an essay & commentaries on over 50 selected works – all magnificently illustrated in colour. Van Eyck to Gossaert reveals how these artists exploited the medium of oil paint to depict an impossible level of detail – fascination with the surface of things, subtle depictions of light & an uncompromising attitude towards realistically depicting the human face – & explores the essential visual roles played by these paintings in various political & domestic, religious & secular contexts. In their day, Netherlandish artists were internationally renowned; their mastery of the medium of oil paint was emulated across Europe while their interest in landscape & depiction of everyday subjects gave rise to new genres of art. In addition to examining material & technical matters, Van Eyck to Gossaert: Towards a Northern Renaissance considers whether Northern European artists, like some of their Italian counterparts, laid claim to intellectual as well as artistic sophistication. Susan Frances Jones examines one of the most glorious & innovative periods for Netherlandish painting, beginning in the early fifteenth century with Jan van Eyck, & ending in the late sixteenth century with Pieter Bruegel the Elder. ...