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The National Gallery in London, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 Western European paintings. It occupies the north side of Trafalgar Square.
Building
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National Gallery, filmed in 1890 by Wordsworth Donisthorpe
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Aerial view
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Close-up of the entrance portico
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The Sainsbury Wing
Interior
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Staircase Hall (1887, by Sir John Taylor)
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Staircase Hall
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Dome of the Staircase Hall
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Central Hall
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The Barry Rooms
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The Barry Octagon
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The Barry Octagon
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Sainsbury Wing
Plans
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1836 plan of the National Gallery and Royal Academy, signed by the architect William Wilkins
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Plan of the ground floor (c 1894)
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Plan of the first floor (2006)
Collections
[edit]Main category: Paintings in the National Gallery, London
1250–1399
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Cimabue, The Virgin and Child with Two Angels, circa 1265–1280
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Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Healing of the Man Born Blind, 1307/8–1311
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Duccio di Buoninsegna,The Transfiguration, 1307/8–1311
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Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea, circa 1312–1315
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Ugolino di Nerio, Santa Croce Altarpiece, 1325–1328
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1400–1499
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Jan van Eyck, Léal Souvenir, 1434
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Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
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Robert Campin, Portrait of a Man, circa 1435
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Robert Campin, Portrait of a Woman, circa 1435
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Pisanello, The Virgin and Child with Saints, circa 1435–1441
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Rogier van der Weyden, The Magdalen Reading, before 1438
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Paolo Uccello, Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano, circa 1438–1340
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Follower of Robert Campin, The Virgin and Child Before a Firescreen, circa 1440
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Stefan Lochner, Three Saints, circa 1450
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Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?), circa 1450
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Dieric Bouts, The Entombment, probably 1450s
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Giovanni di Paolo, Saint John the Baptist Going into the Wilderness, 1454
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Andrea Mantegna, The Agony in the Garden, c. 1458–60
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Giovanni Bellini, The Agony in the Garden, c. 1465
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Bartolomé Bermejo, Saint Michael and the Devil, c. 1468
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Dieric Bouts, Christ Crowned with Thorns, c. 1470
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Paolo Uccello, Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1470
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Piero della Francesca, The Nativity, 1470–5
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Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, Tobias and the Angel, circa 1470–1475
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attr. Piero del Pollaiolo, Apollo and Daphne, c. 1470–80
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Antonio Pollaiuolo, The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1475
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Antonello da Messina, Portrait of a Man, c. 1475–6
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Hans Memling, The Donne Triptych, c. 1478
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Hieronymus Bosch, The Crowning with Thorns, between 1479 and 1516
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Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a young Man , c. 1483
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Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars , c. 1485
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Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation, 1486
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Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca. 1480-1490
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Lorenzo Costa, A Concert, 1488-1490
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Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c. 1490
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Portrait of Battista Fiera, 1490-1495, National Gallery
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Andrea Mantegna, The Virgin and Child with Saints, probably 1490–1505
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Piero di Cosimo, A Satyr Mourning over a Nymph, c. 1495
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Pietro Perugino, Pavia Polyptych, late 1490s
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Albrecht Dürer, Saint Jerome, c. 1496
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Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of the Artist's Father at 70, 1497
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Michelangelo, The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Angels (The Manchester Madonna), 1497
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1500–1599
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Sandro Botticelli, Mystic Nativity , c. 1500–01
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Cima da Conegliano, Saint Jerome in a Landscape, c. 1500–10
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Giovanni Bellini, Doge Leonardo Loredan, after 1501
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Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks, c. 1503–6
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Giorgione, The Sunset, c. 1505
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Giovanni Bellini, Madonna del Prato, 1505
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Raphael, The Madonna of the Pinks, c. 1506–7
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Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist, c. 1506–8
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Jan Gossaert, Portrait of a Girl, c. 1500–30
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Jan Gossaert, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1510–5
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Michelangelo, The Entombment, c. 1510
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Titian, The Holy Family with a Shepherd, circa 1510
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Titian, Portrait of a Man with a Quilted Sleeve, c. 1510
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Titian, La Schiavona, c. 1510
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Gerard David, The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor, probably 1510
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Raphael, The Aldobrandini Madonna, 1510
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Sebastiano del Piombo, The Daughter of Herodias, 1510
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Titian, Noli Me Tangere, c. 1512
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Raphael, Pope Julius II, c. 1512
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Hans Baldung, Portrait of a Man, 1514
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Sebastiano del Piombo, The Madonna and Child with Saints, circa 1517
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Jacopo Pontormo, Joseph in Egypt, 1517-18
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Andrea del Sarto, Portrait of a Man, c. 1517–18
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Sebastiano del Piombo, The Raising of Lazarus, 1517–19
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Albrecht Altdorfer, Christ taking Leave of his Mother, c. 1520
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Palma il Vecchio, A Blonde Woman, c. 1520
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Joachim Patinir, St. Jerome in a Rocky Landscape, c. 1520
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Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne , 1520–3
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Correggio, Venus with Mercury and Cupid ("The School of Love"), c. 1525
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Cupid complaining to Venus, c. 1525
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Quinten Massys, A Grotesque Old Woman, c. 1525–30
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Hans Holbein the Younger, Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?), 1526–8
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Parmigianino, The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine , c. 1527–31
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Titian, The Aldobrandini Madonna, circa 1532
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Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533
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Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Lady as Lucretia, 1533
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Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, Mary Magdalene, 1535–40
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Hans Holbein the Younger, Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, 1538
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Titian, The Vendramin Family, c. 1543–7
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Agnolo Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, 1545
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Paolo Veronese, The Conversion of Mary Magdalene, c. 1548
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Giovanni Battista Moroni, Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1550
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Titian and workshop, An Allegory of Prudence, circa 1550–65
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Portrait of Piero de' Medici, 1550 bis 1570
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Jacopo Tintoretto, Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1555
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Titian, Diana and Actaeon, 1556–9
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Titian, Diana and Callisto, 1556–9
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Titian, The Tribute Money, circa 1560–8
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Titian, The Death of Actaeon, 1562
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Paolo Veronese, Infidelity, c. 1565
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Paolo Veronese, The Family of Darius before Alexander, 1565–70
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Titian, The Virgin Suckling the Christ Child, circa 1565–75
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Joachim Beuckelaer, The Four Elements: Water, 1569
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Giovanni Battista Moroni, The Tailor, c. 1570–5
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Jacopo Tintoretto, The Origin of the Milky Way, c. 1575
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El Greco, Adoration of the Name of Jesus, 1577–80
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El Greco, The Agony in the Garden, 1590s
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Caravaggio, Boy Bitten By a Lizard, 1593–4
1600–1699
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Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus , 1601
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Annibale Carracci, Christ appearing to St Peter on the Appian Way, 1601–2
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Caravaggio, Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, 1607–10
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Hendrick Avercamp, A Winter Scene with Skaters near a Castle, 1608–10
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Peter Paul Rubens, Samson and Delilah, c. 1609–10
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Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1616
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Guercino, The Dead Christ Mourned by Two Angels, c. 1617–8
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Hendrick ter Brugghen, A Man playing a Lute, 1624
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Frans Hals, Young Man Holding a Skull (Vanitas) 1626–8
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Nicolas Poussin, The Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1633–6
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Philippe de Champaigne, Cardinal de Richelieu, 1633–40
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Rembrandt, Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume, 1635
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Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Francis in Meditation, 1635–9
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Peter Paul Rubens, The Judgement of Paris, c. 1636
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Rembrandt, Belshazzar's Feast, c. 1636–8
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Anthony van Dyck, Lady Thimbelby and Viscountess Andover, c. 1637
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Anthony van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, c. 1637–8
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Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Francis in Meditation, 1639
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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait at the Age of 34, 1640
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Salvator Rosa, Self-portrait, 1640
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Claude Lorrain, Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula, 1641
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Philippe de Champaigne, Triple Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu probably 1642
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Rembrandt, The Woman taken in Adultery, 1644
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Diego Velázquez, The Rokeby Venus, 1647–51
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Claude Lorrain, Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648
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Claude Lorrain, Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca, 1648
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Nicolas Poussin, Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake, 1648
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Diego Velázquez, Philip IV of Spain in Brown and Silver, c. 1652–5
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Carel Fabritius, Young Man in a Fur Cap, 1654
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Rembrandt, A Woman bathing in a Stream (Hendrickje Stoffels?), 1654
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Rembrandt, Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels, c. 1654–6
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Pieter de Hooch, The Courtyard of a House in Delft, 1658
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Rembrandt, Self Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Self-Portrait, probably 1670–3
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Jan Vermeer, A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, c. 1670–2
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Jan Vermeer, A Young Woman standing at a Virginal, c. 1670–2
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Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities ("The Pedroso Murillo"), c. 1675–82
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Meindert Hobbema, The Avenue at Middelharnis, 1689
1700–1799
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Antoine Watteau, The Love Song, c. 1717
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Canaletto, The Stonemason's Yard, c. 1725
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Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, The Young Schoolmistress. c. 1735–6
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Canaletto, A Regatta on the Grand Canal, c. 1740
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William Hogarth, The Shrimp Girl, c. 1740–5
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William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement, c. 1743
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William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête, c. 1743
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William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 3. The Inspection, c. 1743
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William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 4. The Toilette, c. 1743
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William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 5. The Bagnio, c. 1743
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William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-mode: 6. The Lady's Death, c. 1743
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Pompeo Batoni, Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty, c. 1746
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Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs Andrews, c. 1750
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Louis Tocqué, Portrait of Mademoiselle de Coislin, c. 1750–9
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Pietro Longhi, Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice, 1751
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid, 1753
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, An Allegory with Venus and Time, c. 1754–8
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Giovanni Antonio Canal, Two Views of Piazza San Marco: Venice, Piazza San Marco and the Colonnade of the Procuratie Nuove, 1756
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François Boucher, Pan and Syrinx, 1759
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George Stubbs, Whistlejacket, c. 1762
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François-Hubert Drouais, Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, 1763–1764
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Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768
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Johann Zoffany, Portrait of Mrs Oswald, c. 1770
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Joshua Reynolds, Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons, 1773
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Thomas Jones, Wall in Naples, 1782
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Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Colonel Banastre Tarleton, 1782
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Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Self Portrait in a Straw Hat, after 1782
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Thomas Gainsborough, Mrs Siddons, 1785
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Thomas Gainsborough, The Morning Walk, 1785
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George Stubbs, A Gentleman driving a Lady in a Phaeton, 1787
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Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of Queen Charlotte, 1789–90
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Jacques-Louis David, Portrait of Jacobus Blauw, 1795
1800–1912
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Francisco Goya, Doña Isabel Cobos de Porcel, 1806
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Caspar David Friedrich, Winter Landscape, c. 1811
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Francisco Goya, The Duke of Wellington, 1812–4
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Théodore Géricault, A Horse Frightened by Lightning, c. 1813–14
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John Constable, The Hay Wain, 1821
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John Constable, The Cornfield, 1826
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Eugène Delacroix, Portrait of Louis-Auguste Schwiter, 1826–30
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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Ruth in Boaz's Field, 1828
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J. M. W. Turner, Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, 1829
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Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833
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J. M. W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire, 1838
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J. M. W. Turner, Rain, Steam and Speed: The Great Western Railway, 1844
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Jean-François Millet, The Winnower, c. 1847–8
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Madame Moitessier, 1856
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Edgar Degas, Young Spartans Exercising, c. 1860
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Édouard Manet, Music in the Tuileries, 1862
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Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, The Beheading of John the Baptist, c. 1869
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Claude Monet, Bathers at La Grenouillère, 1869
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Claude Monet, The Beach at Trouville, 1870
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. 1874. oil on canvas. 73 × 59.7 cm (28.7 × 23.5 in)
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Edgar Degas, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879
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Berthe Morisot, A Summer's Day, 1879
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Umbrellas, 1881–5
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Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières, 1883–4
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Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888
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Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh's Chair, 1888
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Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, 1889
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Gustave Moreau, Saint George and the Dragon, 1889–90
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Henri Rousseau, Surprised!, 1891
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Edgar Degas, After the Bath, Woman drying herself, c. 1896–8
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Paul Cézanne, Bathers, 1894–1905
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Claude Monet, The Water-Lily Pond, 1899
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John Singer Sargent, Lord Redesdale, 1902
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Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Hermine Gallia, 1904
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Lake Keitele, 1905
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Odilon Redon, Ophelia among the Flowers, 1905–8
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Joaquín Sorolla, The Drunkard, Zarauz, 1910
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George Bellows, Men of the Docks, 1912
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L. A. Ring, Road in the Village of Baldersbrønde (Winter Day), 1912
Bibliography
[edit]- Gordon, Dillian (1981) The National Gallery, London: 100 Great Paintings – Duccio to Picasso, London: National Gallery
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