artfirstprimo at NG afternoon tour 12-03-12

Welcome back art lovers. For those of you who don't yet know, let me remind you the National Gallery, London offers free lecture tours everyday at the same times of 11:30 and 14:30; leaving from the new part of the building - The Sainsbury Wing, just next to the main shop. The National Gallery's Permanent Collection consists of over 2,500 paintings.

I hope that those of you who were able to attend my talk at the National Gallery today, Saturday 10th March, enjoyed the choice of paintings. But if you missed them or just want a reminded of which pictures we looked at so you can visit them again with a friend. here is a list of those paintings:

We began with: The three panels by Duccio (active 1278; died 1319), The Annuncaition, The Healing of the Man Born Blind, and Transfiguration (1307/8-11). Next on the tour was: Giovanni Bellini (active about 1459; died 1516) The Agony in the Garden (about 1465), and  Andrea Mantegna (about 1430/1 - 1506) The Agony in the Garden (about 1458-60). This was followed by: Raphael (1483 - 1520) Portrait of Pope Julius II (1511). next was the: Garofalo (about 1481 - 1559), An Allegory of Love (probably about 1527-39). We then moved into the 19th century with two paintings by Claude-Oscar Monet (1840 - 1926) Bathers at La Grenouillère (1869) and The Beach at Trouville (1870). We finally ended with the monumental Post-Impressionist work of Georges Seurat (1859 - 1891) Bathers at Asnières (1884).


I don't yet have a schedual of my next tours of the National Gallery, but they will be at the same times 11:30 and 14:30, and there will be a different choice of pictures. As soon as I have the dates they will be posted on my twitter page.

artfirstprimo at NG morning tour 12-03-12

Welcome back art lovers. For those of you who don't yet know, let me remind you the National Gallery, London offers free lecture tours everyday at the same times of 11:30 and 14:30; leaving from the new part of the building - The Sainsbury Wing, just next to the main shop. National Gallery's Permanent Collection consists of over 2,500 paintings.

I hope that those of you who were able to attend my talk at the National Gallery today, Monday 12th March, enjoyed the choice of paintings. But if you missed them or just want a reminded of which pictures we looked at so you can visit them again with a friend. here is a list of those paintings:

We began with: Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519), The Virgin of the Rocks (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8). Next on the tour was:  Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio (about 1435 - 1488) Tobias and the Angel (1470-75). This was followed by: Dirk Bouts (1400? - 1475) The Entombment (probably 1450s). Then we looked at the work of: Master of Delft (active early 16th century), The Passions of Christ - triptych (about 1510). We then looked the work of the painter from  Dordrecht  -  Aelbert Cuyp (1620 - 1691) River Landscape with Horseman and Peasants (about 1658-60). We finally ended with the work of the painter from Delft - Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675) A Young Woman seated at a Virginal (about 1670-2)

The next tour today will be at 14:30, and will be different choice of pictures. Hope to see you there.

artfirstprimo NG afternoon tour 10-03-12

Welcome back art lovers. For those of you who don't yet know, let me remind you the National Gallery, London offers free lecture tours everyday at the same times of 11:30 and 14:30; leaving from the new part of the building - The Sainsbury Wing, just next to the main shop. The National Gallery's Permanent Collection consists of over 2,500 paintings.

I hope that those of you who were able to attend my talk at the National Gallery today, Saturday 10th March, enjoyed the choice of paintings. But if you missed them or just want a reminded of which pictures we looked at so you can visit them again with a friend. here is a list of those paintings:

We began with: Margarito of Arezzo (documented 1262), The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Narrative Scenes (about 1260s). Next on the tour was: Carlo Crivelli (about 1430/5 - about 1494) La Madonna della Rondine (The Madonna of the Swallow,1490s). This was followed by: Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) The Adoration of the Kings (1510-15). next was the: Master of Delft (active early 16th century), The Crucifixion and Passions of Christ (about 1510). We finally ended with the work of Hans Holbien (1497/8 - 1543) The Ambassadors (1533).

My next tours of the National Gallery will be at the same times on Monday12th March, and will be a different choice of pictures. Hope to see you there.

artfirstprimo NG morning tour 10-03-12

Welcome back art lovers. For those of you who don't yet know, let me remind you the National Gallery, London offers free lecture tours everyday at the same times of 11:30 and 14:30; leaving from the new part of the building - The Sainsbury Wing, just next to the main shop. On 12th December I, artfirstprimo, conducted both 60 minute tours of the NG, from 11:30-12:30 and from 14:30-15:30. Both the 11:30 and 14:30 tours of the National Gallery featured eleven different paintings from the National Gallery's Permanent Collection, which consists of over 2,500 paintings.

I hope that those of you who were able to attend my talk at the National Gallery today, Saturday 10th March, enjoyed the choice of paintings. But if you missed them or just want a reminded of which pictures we looked at so you can visit them again with a friend. here is a list of those paintings:

We began with: Piero della Francesca (about 1415/20 - 1492), The Baptism of Christ (about 1450s). Next on the tour was: Jan van Eyck (active 1422; died 1441) The Arnolfini Portrait (1434). This was followed by: Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning (probably 16). We finally ended with the work of: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768).

The next tour today will be at 14:30, and will be different choice of pictures. Hope to see you there.