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London Attractions - The National Gallery
The
National Gallery, London
Address:
Trafalgar Square WC2
Website:
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
Admission
charge: Free admission, prices vary for temporary exhibitions
Opening
hours  :
10:00-18:00 everyday except Friday 10:00-21:00
Nearest
underground station
 :
Charing Cross
The
National Gallery is one of the largest galleries in the world and is
home to a spectacular collection of more than 2300 Western European
paintings.
The
gallery was founded in 1824 and was motivated by national pride; London
needed a world-class gallery to rival the Louvre in Paris or the Prado
in Madrid. The Gallery's founders believed that the great paintings from
the past would inspire young artists, giving them superb examples to
study. they also hoped that such a gallery would provide
accessible culture to people who might not otherwise encounter it.
Paintings
include works by
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Renoir, Giotto, Monet, Degas
to name but a few (see National Gallery Highlights below)
The
Gallery's layout can be a bit confusing so make sure you pick up a free
gallery plan at the entrance. You visit will be even better if you buy
the official visitors guide on sale at the entrance which has plenty of
information about many of the paintings and 10 self-guided tours.
National Gallery
Collection highlights
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: The Supper at Emmaus, 1601
Diego Velázquez: The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus'), 1647-51
Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks from Panels from the S.
Francesco Altarpiece, Milan, about 1491 - 1508
The Wilton Diptych, English or French (?), about 1395-9
Sandro Botticelli: Venus and Mars, about 1485
George Stubbs: Whistlejacket, about 1762
Johannes Vermeer: A Young Woman standing at a Virginal, about 1670-2
Titian: Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520-3
Paul Cézanne: Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses) about 1894-1905
Georges Seurat: Bathers at Asnières, 1884
Claude-Oscar Monet: Bathers at La Grenouillère, 1869
Giovanni Bellini: Doge Leonardo Loredan, 1501-2
Anthony van Dyck: Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, about 1637-8
François-Hubert Drouais: Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame,
1763-4
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Madame Moitessier, 1856
Thomas Gainsborough: Mr and Mrs Andrews, about 1750
Peter Paul Rubens: Samson and Delilah, about 1609-10
Claude: Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula, 1641
Rembrandt: Self Portrait at the Age of 34, 1640
Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers, 1888
Jan Gossaert: The Adoration of the Kings, 1510-15
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors, 1533
Jan van Eyck: The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
Piero della Francesca: The Baptism of Christ, 1450s
Paolo Uccello: The Battle of San Romano, probably about 1438-40
Michelangelo: The Entombment, about 1500-1
Joseph Mallord William Turner: The Fighting Temeraire, 1839
John Constable: The Hay Wain, 1821
Raphael: The Madonna of the Pinks ('La Madonna dei Garofani'), about
1506-7
Canaletto: The Stonemason's Yard, about 1725
Related Links
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
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