The woman slumped on the left, whose purse is being picked by a child on the extreme left, is sleeping off the effects of alcohol. She illustrates the proverb ' De Wijn is een spotter' (Wine is a mocker). As in many other paintings by Steen, it is the fool ...

Create your own bespoke print of Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet’s The Emperor Napoleon I from our collection. About this painting The Emperor Napoleon I, 1815 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1889 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. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Claude’s The Enchanted Castle from our collection. About this painting Landscape with Psyche outside the Palace of Cupid (' The Enchanted Castle'), 1664 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1981 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 unfinished painting shows Christ's body being carried to his tomb. There is some disagreement over the identity of the various figures represented. Saint John the Evangelist is usually shown in red with long hair, & may be the figure on the left carrying Christ. The others are probably Nicodemus, & Joseph of Arimathaea who gave up his tomb for Jesus. The kneeling figure to the left is probably Mary Magdalene & the woman at the back right is a Holy Woman (Mary Salome). The Virgin is prepared in outline in the bottom right corner. The picture came from a collection in Rome, & is thought to be connected with payments made to Michelangelo between 1501 & 1502 relating to an altarpiece for San Agostino in Rome which he failed to deliver. This would explain the unfinished state of this painting. ' The Entombment' is generally accepted as by Michelangelo, since the treatment of the figures links closely with other works by him of this period. The kneeling figure on the left appears to meditate on something in her raised h&. A drawing by Michelangelo in the Louvre, Paris, is clearly a preparatory study for this figure & shows her with the a crown of thorns & the nails with which Christ had been crucified. ...

' The Entombment' almost certainly formed part of a large winged altarpiece, probably painted for export to Italy, which would have been facilitated by the linen support. In Bouts's restrained yet powerful depiction of Christ's body being lowered into the ...

Christ's dead body is lowered into a tomb after he has been taken down from the cross. The Deposition is visible in the right background. The Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist, Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, Mary Magdalene & two Holy Women are present. The picture is painted over an engraving by the 15th-century German artist Schongauer, a time-saving way of producing a composition. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Eugène Boudin’s The Entrance to Trouville Harbour from our collection. About this painting The Entrance to Trouville Harbour, 1888 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1906 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. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Joseph Mallord William Turner’s The Evening Star from our collection. About this painting The Evening Star, about 1830 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1856 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 Paul Delaroche's The Execution of Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane Grey (1537
- 1554) ruled as Queen of England
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Create your own bespoke print of Paul Delaroche’s The Execution of Lady Jane Grey from our collection. About this painting The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1909 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. ...