artfirstprimo at the NG - the 11:30-12:30 Weds morning tour: 25-09-13

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, Wednesday 25th 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 65 looking at The Painter's Father (1497), attributed to Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528).

We then moved on to room 64, of the Sainsbury wing, to look at The Crucifixion Altarpiece (about 1490-95) by an unknown artist we have called The Master of the Aachen Altarpiece (Active late 15th century to early 16th century).

Crossing into the main building we then went to room 10 where we saw the late masterpiece The Death of Actaeon (1559-75) by Titian (active about 1506; died 1576).

This was followed by visit to room 5 where we saw the strangely compelling An Old Woman (The Ugly Duchess) (about 1513), by Quinten Massys (1465 - 1530).

Finally we ended in room 34 with two paintings Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway (1844) and The Fighting Temeraire (1839), both by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851).


My next guided tours at the National Gallery will be:

Guided Tours - National Gallery - meet at: Sainsbury wing next to main shop - (Sat 5th Oct - 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 - (Sat 30th Nov - 11:30 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 15:30 and 16:00 - 17:00).