artfirstprimo at the NG - afternoon tour: 14-10-12

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, Sunday 14th 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 the afternoon tour with The Agony in the Garden (about 1465) by Giovanni Bellini (active about 1459; died 1516) and The Agony in the Garden (about 1458-60) by Andrea Mantegna (about 1430/1 - 1506). We then looked at another picture by  Andrea Mantegna (about 1430/1 - 1506) The Introduction of the Cult of Cybele at Rome (1505-6). This was followed by The Adoration of the Kings (1564) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (active 1550/1; died 1569).  We then moved on look at Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette (about 1743), 4 of a series of six paintings by the English painter William Hogarth (1697 - 1764).  We finally we ended in room 44 with the The Umbrellas (1881-6) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919).

My next guided tours of the National Gallery will be on Thursday 1st November at the usual times of 11:30 and 14:30.