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, Saturday 19th January, 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 Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (1475) by Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo (about 1432 - 98, and about 1441 - before 1496): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/antonio-del-pollaiuolo-and-piero-del-pollaiuolo-the-martyrdom-of-saint-sebastian
This was followed by The Madonna della Rondine (after 1490) by Carlo Crivelli (about 1430/5 - 1494): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/carlo-crivelli-la-madonna-della-rondine-the-madonna-of-the-swallow
We then moved to room 8 and looked at An Allegory Love (about 1545) by Bronzino (1503 - 1572): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/bronzino-an-allegory-with-venus-and-cupid
Following this we moved to room 4 to look at The Ambassadors (1533) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8 - 1543): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hans-holbein-the-younger-the-ambassadors
And finally we ended in room 44 with the Bathers at Asnieres (1884) by Georges Seurat (1859 - 1891): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/georges-seurat-bathers-at-asnieres
My next guided tour will be at the National Portrait Gallery at 15:00 tomorrow 20th Jan. The subject will be 'Women of Substance' http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/event-root/janaury-2013/gallery-talk-women-of-substance-20012013-evening.php
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, Saturday 19th January, 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 Virgin and Child (1426) by Masaccio (1401 - 1428/9?): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/masaccio-the-virgin-and-child In the same room we also looked at the Quaratesi Madonna (1425) by Gentile da Fabriano (about 1385 -1427)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gentile-da-fabriano-the-quaratesi-madonna
This was followed by The Battle of San Romano (probably about 1438 - 40) by Paolo Uccello (1397 - 1475): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paolo-uccello-the-battle-of-san-romano
We then moved to room 24 and looked at Belshazzer's Feast (about 1638-8) by Rembrandt (1606 - 1669): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/rembrandt-belshazzars-feast
Following this we moved to room 29 to look at Peace and War (1629-30) by Peter paul Rubens (1577 - 1640): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/peter-paul-rubens-minerva-protects-pax-from-mars-peace-and-war
And finally we ended in room 29 with the Supper at Emmaus (1601) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 - 1610): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/michelangelo-merisi-da-caravaggio-the-supper-at-emmaus
My next guided tour will be at the National Portrait Gallery at 15:00 tomorrow 20th Jan. The subject will be 'Women of Substance http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/event-root/janaury-2013/gallery-talk-women-of-substance-20012013-evening.php
