artfirstprimo at the NG - afternoon tour: 10-10-12

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 10th October, 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 Battle of San Romano (probably about 1438-40) by Paolo Uccello (about 1397 - 1475). We then looked at,  La Madonna della Rondine - The Madonna of the Swallow(after 1490) by Carlo Crivelli (about 1430/5 - 1494). While here we also briefly looked another Carlo Crivelli piece The Annunciation, with Saint Eumidius (1486). We then moved on to room 9 in the main building to look at The Death of Actaeon (about 1559-75) by Titian (active about 1506 - 1576).  While here we also briefly compared this another Titian piece, newly hung in this room, Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23). This was followed visit to room 6 to look at An Allegory of Love (probably about 1527-39), by Garofalo (about 1481-1559), and we finally we ended in room 45 with Sunflowers (1888) by Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890).

My next guided tours of the National Gallery will be on Sunday 14th October at the usual times of 11:30 and 14:30.  Also on this day I will be conducting a 10 minute talk at 16:00 in room 21 on River Landscape with Horseman and Peasants (about 1658-60) by Aelbert Cuyp (1620 - 1691)