Welcome back art lovers. For those of you who don't yet know, let me remind you the National Gallery, London
I hope that those of you, who were able to attend my free guided tour at the National Gallery today, Sunday 5th August, 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: various pieces from a dismembered altarpiece by Ugolino di Nerio (active 1317; died 1339/49?) known as The Santa Croce Altarpiece (about 1324-5). We also compared this briefly to another dismembered altarpiece in the same room, on the adjacent wall, which was originally called the Maestà (1307/8-11), by Duccio (active 1278; died 1319). We then looked at the extraordinary oil on poplar painting of Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501-2) by the Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini (active about 1459; died 1516). We then moved room 19 in the north of the Gallery to look at the mysterious Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake (probably 1648) by Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665). This was followed the Caravaggio influenced Christ before the High Priest (about 1617), by the Dutch ‘master of light’, Gerrit van Honthorst (1592 - 1656), we also compared this briefly to another Dutch ‘master of light’, The Concert (about 1626), by Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588 - 1629), and also Belshazzar's Feast (about 1636-8) by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669). After this, it was over to the east-wing of the Gallery to look at Impressionism with two works in room 43: The Thames belowWestminster
I hope that those of you, who were able to attend my free guided tour at the National Gallery today, Sunday 5th August, 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: various pieces from a dismembered altarpiece by Ugolino di Nerio (active 1317; died 1339/49?) known as The Santa Croce Altarpiece (about 1324-5). We also compared this briefly to another dismembered altarpiece in the same room, on the adjacent wall, which was originally called the Maestà (1307/8-11), by Duccio (active 1278; died 1319). We then looked at the extraordinary oil on poplar painting of Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501-2) by the Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini (active about 1459; died 1516). We then moved room 19 in the north of the Gallery to look at the mysterious Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake (probably 1648) by Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665). This was followed the Caravaggio influenced Christ before the High Priest (about 1617), by the Dutch ‘master of light’, Gerrit van Honthorst (1592 - 1656), we also compared this briefly to another Dutch ‘master of light’, The Concert (about 1626), by Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588 - 1629), and also Belshazzar's Feast (about 1636-8) by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669). After this, it was over to the east-wing of the Gallery to look at Impressionism with two works in room 43: The Thames below
My next guided tours of the National Gallery will be on Sunday 26th August at the usual times of 11:30 and 14:30, and I will also be giving a Ten Minute talk on Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons (1773), by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) in room 34 at 16:00 also on Sunday 26th August.
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