artfirstprimo at the NG - the 11:30 morning tour: 05-05-13

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 5th May 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 54 of the Sainsbury wing with the Battle of San Romano (probably about 1438-40) by Paolo Uccello (1397 - 1475): National Gallery web link here 

We then moved on to room 56, one of the smallest rooms in the Sainsbury wing, to look at the enigmatic Arnolfini Portrait (1434) by Jan van Eyck (active 1422 died 1441): National Gallery web link here

Crossing into the main building we went to room 9 and looked at the High Renaissance Venetian school of painting represented by one of four ceiling paintings called Happy Union (about 1475) by Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588): National Gallery web link here

While in room 9 we also looked two other examples of Veronese's work; The Family of Darius before Alexander (1565-7): National Gallery web link here and The Dream of St Helena (1617): National Gallery web link here (about 1570)


This was followed by a visit to room 5 to look at the triptych, Scenes from the Passion of Christ (about 1510) by the mysterious Master of Delft (active early 15th century): National Gallery web link here

Finally we ended in room 44 and looking at the painting that sits just outside of the National Gallery's official time remit, Lake Keitele (1905) by the only Finish artist in the National Gallery's collection, Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 - 1931): National Gallery web link here


My next guided tours at the National Gallery will be at 11:30 and 14:30 (Wednesday May 22nd).