This painting was probably the backboard of a bench or chest in a Florentine palace. Furniture was often made to celebrate marriage; the subject would have been regarded as entertaining for such a purpose. It is from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (XII, 210ff.) a ...

This poster print features Joseph Mallord William Turner's The Fighting Temeraire. The painting was thought to represent the decline of Britain's naval power. The ' Temeraire' is shown travelling east, away from the sunset, even though Rotherhithe is west of Sheerness, but Turner's main concern was to evoke a sense of loss, rather than to give an exact recording of the event. The spectacularly colourful setting of the sun draws a parallel with the passing of the old warship. By contrast the new steam-powered tug is smaller & more prosaic. About this painting The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 Oil on canvas, 90.7 x 121.6 cm © Turner Bequest, 1856 This poster displays the artist's name & the National Gallery logo at the bottom. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Joseph Mallord William Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire from our collection. About this painting The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838, 1839 © 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. ...

According to the Old Testament story (Exodus 2: 5), the infant Moses was hidden by his mother in a reed basket on the River Nile to save him from Pharaoh's order that all male children should be killed. He was discovered by Pharaoh's daughter who took him ...

To escape Pharaoh's order to kill Israelite boys Moses was placed in an ark of bullrushes upon the Nile. Here he is discovered by Pharaoh's daughter (in yellow), who is attended by her maidens & by the baby's sister Miriam (in white), who cradles the ch ...

Create your own bespoke print of Orazio Gentileschi’s The Finding of Moses from our collection. About this painting The Finding of Moses, early 1630s © The National Gallery, London Bought with the support of the American Friends of the National Gallery, the National Gallery Trust, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund (through the legacy of Sir Denis Mahon & with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation), The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation, The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation, The Capricorn Foundation, The Manny & Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation, Alejandro & Charlotte Santo Domingo, Beatrice Santo Domingo, The Wei Family & other donors, & through public appeal & bequests, 2020 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. ...

In order to escape Pharoah's order to kill Israelite boys, Moses was placed in an ark of bulrushes in the Nile. He was found by the Pharoah's daughter & her attendants. Moses' sister Miriam offered to find a nurse for the child & so was able to return ...

This work combines a still life of dead fish in the foreground with a genre scene of figures in the background. This painting was presented as the work of Eugene Isabey & Philippe Rousseau. The background figures are possibly by Isabey, but there is no ...

The title is traditional, but the scene may not be actually be set in Dieppe. The artist was inspired by Dutch & Flemish painting of the 17th century, & has included figures in historical costume. Philippe Rousseau also painted this subject, & Isabey ...

For the subject see Ovid, ' Metamorphoses' (6). Apollo defeated the satyr Marsyas in a musical competition; as a punishment for failure, Apollo flayed him. The picture was originally above the door of the Stanza di Apollo in Villa Aldobrandini, hence its fo ...