The infant Christ is shown greeting his cousin, John the Baptist, who comes bearing a goldfinch, an emblem of Christ's suffering & death. Saint Joseph is seen behind Mary to the right; Zacharias is behind his wife Saint Elizabeth to the left, where another saint, perhaps Francis, also appears. ...

This small devotional work is one of Annibale Carracci's most celebrated & copied easel paintings. It was made for Cardinal Alessandro Pereti Montalto, a major patron of painters & sculptors in Rome. The Virgin rises to greet the viewer as she balance ...

Create your own bespoke print of Sir Thomas Lawrence’s The Hon. Peniston Lamb Print from our collection. About this painting The Hon. Peniston Lamb Print, about 1790 © The National Gallery, London Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government from the estate of George Pinto & allocated to the National Gallery, 2019 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. ...

Mars, the god of war, marches from the Temple of Janus encouraged by the Fury of War, Alecto, while Venus attempts to restrain him. A woman on the left personifies unhappy Europe; on the right, Alecto is accompanied by two monsters who symbolise the Plague & Famine; beneath are personifications of Harmony, Fecundity, Maternity & Charity, all who thrive under peace. This is a reduced copy of a painting by Rubens (Florence, Palazzo Pitti), which is thought to date from about 1637-8. It may have been executed while the Pitti painting was still in Rubens's studio. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair from our collection. About this painting The Horse Fair, 1855 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in [1859 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. ...

One version of a design repeated several times & engraved in 1743. Probably painted in about 1740-1, it was exhibited by Chardin at the Salon of 1741 as ' Le Fils de M. Le Noir s'amusant à faire un Château de Cartes' (The Son of M. Le Noir amusing himself in making a house of cards). ...

This is a view of the south or garden front of the Huis ten Bosch (the House in the Wood), built just outside of The Hague in 1645-52 as a summer palace for Amalia van Solms, wife of the Stadholder, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. Shown here in its original state, it has since then been substantially altered: the dome has been changed, wings have been added & the statues & lattice obelisks are no longer in the garden. The house is most famous for the central hall (Oranjezaal) with its wall paintings by noted Dutch & Flemish artists of the time, such as Jacob Jordaens & Caesar van Everdingen. ...

The painting is apparently the earliest interior of its kind with a view into an adjacent room. This device was further developed in Delft in the work of de Hooch in the later 1650s & by Vermeer. Both Maes & de Hooch may have been influenced by Carel ...

This may be the earliest dated picture of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. This doctrine, which claimed the Virgin was conceived miraculously without taint of original sin, was controversial but enjoyed increasing popularity in the 15th century, becoming dogma in 1854. Although rejected by the Dominicans, the Franciscans supported it. A standard format & symbolism developed for such pictures. The symbols derive from the Bible, including the Book of Revelation & The Song of Songs. Here, the Virgin's purity is symbolised by a lily in a pure crystal glass. The painting, signed & dated 1492, comes from the Franciscan church of San Francesco, Pergola, central Italy. ...

Formerly thought to be by an imitator, recent cleaning has revealed the possible participation of Murillo himself. The figure of the Virgin repeats with slight variations of that in Murillo's picture in the church of Santa Catalina (Capuchin monastery), Ca ...