artfirstprimo at the NG - the 11:30-12:30 morning tour: 15-09-13

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. 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, Sunday 15th September 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 at The Fight Between the Lapthis and the Centuars (probably 1500 -15), by Piero di Cosimo (about 1462 - 1522).

We then moved on to room 58, of the Sainsbury wing, to look at A Satyr mourning over a Nymph (about 1495), another painting by Piero di Cosimo (about 1462 - 1522). While here we also looked at this Cassone called The Story of the School Master of Falerii (late 15th century)  attributed to the Master of Marradi

Crossing into the main building we then went to room 14 where we saw an Adoration of the Kings (1564) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (active 1550/1; died 1569).

This was followed by visit to room 30 where we saw the Rokeby Venus (1647-51), by Diego Velazquez (1599 - 1660).

Then it was on to room 41 to see the dramatic Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833) by Paul Delaroche (1797 - 1856).

Finally we ended in room 43 with Execution of Maximilian (1867-1868), by Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883).


My next guided tours at the National Gallery will be:

Guided Tours - National Gallery - meet at: Sainsbury wing next to main shop - (Wed 25th Sept - 11:30 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 15:30).