The history of art is full of unsolved mysteries. Art historians have spent centuries trying to understand paintings whose exact meanings have been lost over time. The images and ideas in many Western ...

Katrina Palmer shares her interest in the visible and invisible activities that take place in the Gallery. Katrina Palmer offers a different perspective on Room 18 and its paintings. Struck by an ...

As part of our Bicentenary celebrations, 12 of the nation’s most iconic and well-loved paintings from the collection were lent to 12 venues across the UK. Gradually the paintings are returning to the ...

Thanking them for their part in the bequeathing 'Holy Women at the Sepulchre' to the Gallery from Lady Taunton's will. Your list will only be saved temporarily. Inactivity of more than 20 minutes ...

'The Finding of Moses’ depicts an Old Testament story. This monumental painting was commissioned by King Charles I and Henrietta Maria to celebrate the arrival of their first son. Two kings, of ...

Expert guide Muriel Carré leads a guided walking tour, connecting the life and work of Van Gogh to the wider collection. The tour gives context for those wanting to explore the collection and Van Gogh ...

Of the Gallery’s 27 works by women, one-third have been acquired because of these acts of generosity. Most recently, The Full ...

The landscape on the left is in the manner of Jan Wijnants. No. 1383 is painted in the meticulous technique of Vermeer’s late years. It has been dated by both MacLaren and Blankert 6 to c. 1670.

These catalogue entries are the result of a pilot project to set up a process that takes the desktop publishing files that were sent to press, converts them to a more flexible digital format, and ...

These catalogue entries are the result of a pilot project to set up a process that takes the desktop publishing files that were sent to press, converts them to a more flexible digital format, and ...

The National Gallery’s collection of eighteenth-century French paintings was last catalogued over sixty years ago. Since then it has been transformed both in size and quality by the addition of works ...

In the background hangs a painting by Dirck van Baburen of a man offering money to a young woman playing a lute, while an old woman stands by them pointing to the palm of her hand. On the inner side ...