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The National Gallery, London

The National Gallery, London

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Westminster

2,396 artworks

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The National Gallery houses the nation’s collection of Western European painting from the 13th to the early 20th centuries. Located in Trafalgar Square in central London, the National Gallery is open to the public 361 days a year, free of charge. The collection represents the greatest Western European painters including Van Eyck, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Turner, Rembrandt, Degas, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Rubens, Velázquez, Van Dyck, Titian and Bellini. No other collection possesses such consistent quality, nor better tells the story of Western European painting. Almost all of the 2,300 paintings in the National Gallery’s collection are on permanent display. The Gallery started life in 1824 when the British Government purchased 38 pictures belonging to the banker John Julius Angerstein. As there was no suitable space available to display the collection, the pictures were put on display in Angerstein's former home in Pall Mall. It was only in 1838 that the collection moved to its current site in Trafalgar Square.

Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

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Artworks

  • Portrait of Greta Moll
    Portrait of Greta Moll Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Narcissus
    Narcissus Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) (follower of)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Venus and Cupid
    Venus and Cupid Lucas Cranach the elder (1472–1553)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Drunkard, Zarauz (El Borracho, Zarauz)
    The Drunkard, Zarauz (El Borracho, Zarauz) Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863–1923)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo
    Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Late Afternoon in our Meadow
    Late Afternoon in our Meadow Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Finding of Moses
    The Finding of Moses Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)
    The National Gallery, London
  • 2,389 more

Artists

  • Landscape with Mythological Figures
    Moses van Uyttenbroeck (c.1600–1646/1647)
  • The Friedrichsgracht, Berlin
    Eduard Gaertner (1801–1877)
  • The Painter and his Pug
    William Hogarth (1697–1764)
  • Stag
    German (Augsburg) School
  • Christ between Saints Paul and Peter
    Pietro Lorenzetti (c.1280/1290-c.1348)
  • Captive Kings before a Judge
    Francesco Bonsignori (c.1460–1519)
  • Self Portrait
    Jan Lievens (1607–1674)
  • The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors
    Gerolamo Giovenone (1486/1487–1555)
  • Portrait of a Young Man
    Jan Mostaert (c.1475–1555/1556)
  • Head of an Old Woman
    Eugène Fromentin (1820–1876)

Stories

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    BBC England
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  • British Council Collection
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  • City of Westminster Archives Centre
  • College of Optometrists
  • English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House
  • Government Art Collection
  • Hallfield Primary School, Westminster
  • Hunterian Museum