artfirstprimo at the NG - the 14:30-15:30 Weds afternoon 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 afternoon tour in room 63 looking at The Donne Triptych (about 1478), by the Northern Renaissance Painter Hans Memling (active 1465 - 1494).

We then moved on to room 51, of the Sainsbury wing, to look at The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Narrative Scenes (probably about 1263-4) by the little known craftsman called Margarito d'Arezzo (documented 1262).

Crossing into the main building we then went to room 29 where we saw a late landscape called A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning (probably 1636) by Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640).

This was followed by visit to room 41 where we saw the colourful and dramatic The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833), by Paul Delaroche (1797 - 1856).

Finally we ended in room 44 with the fantasy of Surprised! (1891) by Henri Rousseau (1844 - 1910).


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).