artfirstprimo at the NG - morning tour: 09-12-12

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 9th December, 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 in the Sainsbury wing we looked at The Virgin of the Rocks (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8) by Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/leonardo-da-vinci-the-virgin-of-the-rocks

We also looked at in the same room,  Tobias and the Angel (about 1470-75) by Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio (about 1435 - 1488): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/workshop-of-andrea-del-verrocchio-tobias-and-the-angel 

This was followed The Madonna of the Pinks (about 1506-7) by Raphael (1483 - 1420): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/raphael-the-madonna-of-the-pinks-la-madonna-dei-garofani

We then moved on to the room 4 to look at Cupid Complaining to Venus (about 1525) by Lucas Cranch the Elder (1472 - 1553): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

We finally we ended in room 43 with The Beach at Trouville (1870) by Claude-Oscar Monet (1840 - 1926): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/claude-oscar-monet-the-beach-at-trouville

My next guided tours of the National Gallery will be on Tuesday 11th December at the usual times of 11:30 and 14:30.  I hope you can join me.