The subject of this painting is taken from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (Book 2). Phoebus, god of the sun, was persuaded to allow his son, Phaeton, to drive his chariot. Phaeton quickly lost control of the horses & the chariot came too near the earth, setting it alight, destroying cities & forests & drying up rivers, springs & even the sea. To prevent heaven & earth from destruction, Jupiter hurled a thunderbolt at the chariot which smashed it to pieces, sending Phaeton tumbling to his death. The nymphs on the left look up, terror-stricken, & on the right the winged Heliades, Phoebus' daughters, mourn the death of their brother. One of Liss's most striking works, ' The Fall of Phaeton' probably dates from around 1624, when the artist was living in Italy. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Paolo Veronese’s The Family of Darius before Alexander from our collection. About this painting The Family of Darius before Alexander, 1565-7 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1857 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 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. ...

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 ...

This episode is taken from the Old Testament (Exodus 2: 5). Moses is discovered after being hidden in the bulrushes by the River Nile to save him from Pharaoh's decree that all Hebrew boys be killed. The composition seems to derive from Giovanni Battista ...

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 ...