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The National Gallery, London
The National Gallery, London

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, venues and exhibitions are closed until further notice. We recommend checking with the venues' own websites for up-to-date information. 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.

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The National Gallery, London

Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

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  • 24 June 2021

    Nashashibi is the inaugural artist from our Artist in Residence programme, responding to the passion of our 17th-century Spanish paintings. Read about her paintings developed during her residency, alongside essays about her earlier works in our catalogue: https://t.co/qfBTQoxbpM https://t.co/KT2qErd9Ri

Artworks

  • Portrait of Greta Moll
    Portrait of Greta Moll Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
  • Anne, 2nd Countess of Albemarle
    Anne, 2nd Countess of Albemarle Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)
  • Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar
    Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)
  • A Dead Soldier
    A Dead Soldier Italian School
  • A Girl at a Window
    A Girl at a Window Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845)
  • A Hilly River Landscape with a Horseman talking to a Shepherdess
    A Hilly River Landscape with a Horseman talking to a Shepherdess Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691)
  • A Herdsman with Five Cows by a River
    A Herdsman with Five Cows by a River Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691)
  • 2,384 more

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