artfirstprimo at the NG - the afternoon tour 16-05-12

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 free guided tour at the National Gallery today, Wednesday 16th May, 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: Master of the Aachen Altarpiece (active late 15th to early 16th century), The Crucifixion, and the two panels from the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool: Christ before Pilate (Front of Panel), Lamentation (Front of Panel) (about 1490-5).  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: Titian - (Tiziano Vecellio) (active about 1506; died 1576) The Death of Actaeon (about 1559-75).  Next we looked: Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532), The Adoration of the Kings (1510-15).  Then finally we ended with: William Hogarth (1697 - 1764), Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette (about 1743).

If you would like to attend my next free tours of the NG, they will be on Tuesday 22^nd May 2012.