artfirstprimo at the NG - evening tour: 21-12-12

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 of Western European art.

I hope that those of you, who were able to attend my free guided tour at the National Gallery today, Friday 21st 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 with the Wilton Diptych (about 1495-99) by Unknown French or English (active about 1459 - died 1516): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/english-or-french-the-wilton-diptych 

This was followed by Penelope with the Suitors (about 1509) by Bernardino di Betto of Perugia, called Pintoricchio (about 1481 - died 1513): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pintoricchio-penelope-with-the-suitors

We then moved on to room 5 to look at the Triptych of the Passions of Christ (1510-15) by the unknown artist designated the Master of Delft (active early 16th century): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/master-of-delft-the-crucifixion-central-panel 

Our penultimate painting continued the theme of narrative with the Marriage-A-la-Mode (1743) by William Hogarth (1697 - 1764): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/william-hogarth-marriage-a-la-mode-4-the-toilette

And finally we ended in room 44 with The Bathers at Asnières (1884) by Georges Seurat (1851 - 1891): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/georges-seurat-bathers-at-asnieres

My next guided tours of the National Gallery will be in the new year on Saturday 19th January at the usual times of 11:30 and 14:30, I will also be giving the 10 Minute Talk at 16:00 in room 43 on the same day.  The subject will be At the Theatre (La Premiere Sortie) (1876-7) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pierre-auguste-renoir-at-the-theatre-la-premiere-sortie