artfirstprimo at the NG - the 14:30 afternoon 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 57 of the Sainsbury wing with the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (1475) by Antonio and Piero del Polliauolo (about 1432-98 and about 1441 - before 1496): National Gallery web link here 

While here we also looked two other examples of workshop paintings; Tobias and the Angel, with the intervention of Leonardo da Vinci's dog (about 1470-75) by workshop of Verrocchio: National Gallery web link here and The Virgin of the Rocks (1491/2-9 and 1506-8) by Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519): National Gallery web link here

We then moved into the main building to room 9 to look at the Death of Actaeon (1559 -75) by Titian (active about 1506 died 1576): 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

Finally we ended in room 43 and looking at the Bathers at La Grenouillère (1869) by Claude-Oscar Monet (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).