Welcome to my listing of paintings that have recently featured in my regular tours of the National Gallery, London. For those of you who don't yet know, let me remind you the National Gallery 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, Sunday 24th February 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 room 57 of the Sainsbury wing with The Madonna of the Rocks (The Madonna of the Swallow (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
In room 57 we looked at Tobias and the Angel (about 1470-75) by Andrea del Verocchio, workshop of (about 1435 - 1488): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/workshop-of-andrea-del-verrocchio-tobias-and-the-angel
This was followed by a visit to room 58 to look at Venus and Mars (about 1485) by Sandro Botticelli (about 1445 -1510): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/sandro-botticelli-venus-and-mars
We then moved to room 9 and looked at The Origin of the Milky Way (about 1575) by Jacopo Tintoretto (1518 - 1594): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jacopo-tintoretto-the-origin-of-the-milky-way
Following this we moved to room 8 with An Allegory of Venus and Cupid (1545) by Agnolo di Cosimo (called Bronzino) (1503 - 1572): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/bronzino-an-allegory-with-venus-and-cupid
The penultimate painting on the tour was in room 4, it was Cupid Complaining to Venus (about 1525) by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 - 1553): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus
And finally we ended in room 2 looking at Venus with Mercury and Cupid ('The School of Love') (about 1525) by Antonio Allegri, called Correggio (active 1494 - died 1534): http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/correggio-venus-with-mercury-and-cupid-the-school-of-love
My next guided tours at the National Gallery will be at 11:30 and 14:30 on Monday 11th Mar. Also on the same day at 16:00 I shall be giving the 10 minute talk in room 25 on The Guitar Player (about 1672) by Johannes Vermeer (1632 -1675):http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/johannes-vermeer-the-guitar-player
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