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. Also on weekends there is an additional tour at 16:00, and on the Friday night late opening there is a later tour at 19:00. All tours leave 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 31st August 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 morning tour in room 57 looking principally of The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (completed 1475), by the brothers Antonio del Pollaiuolo (about 1432 - 1498) and Piero del Pollaiuolo (about 1441 - before 1496). Also mentioned in the same room was Tobias and the Angel (about 1470-5), by Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio and The Virgin of the Rocks (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8), by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519): National Gallery web link here
We then moved on to room 58, of the Sainsbury wing, to look Venus and Mars (about 1485), by Sandro Botticelli (about 1445 - 1510). While here this Cassone with a Tournament Scene (probably about 1455-65),by an unknown Italian, Florentine was also mentioned: National Gallery web link here
Crossing into the main building we then went to room 14 where we saw an Adoration of the Kings (1510 - 1515) by Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532): National Gallery web link here
This was followed by visit to room 5 where we saw the triptych panels including The Crucifixion: Central Panel (about 1510),all by the mysterious Master of Delft (active early 16th century): National Gallery web link here
Finally we ended in room 46 with an example of modern painting, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando (1879), by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917): National Gallery web link here
My next guided tours at the National Gallery will be:
Guided Tours - National Gallery - meet at: Sainsbury wing next to main shop - (Sun 15th Sept - 11:30 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 15:30 and 16:00 -17:00)
Guided Tours - National Gallery - meet at: Sainsbury wing next to main shop - (Wed 25th Sept - 11:30 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 15:30).
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