artfirstprimo at the NG - the 16:00-17:00 early evening 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 early evening tour in room 54 looking at The Annunciation (about 1450 -53), by Fra Filippo Lippi (born about 1406 - died 1469). While here we looked at the pendant piece also by Fra Filippo Lippi the Seven Saints (about 1450 -53), also in this room we looked at The Story of David and Goliath (about 1445 - 55) by Francesco Pesellino (1422 - 1457) and the Triumph of David (about 1445 - 55), also by Francesco Pesellino (1422 - 1457).

We then moved on to room 56, of the Sainsbury wing, to look at the enigmatic and mysterious Arnolfini Portrait (1434), by Jan van Eyck (active 1422 - died 1441).

Crossing into the main building we then went to room 8 where we saw The Raising of Lazarus (1517-19) by Sebastiano del Piombo (about 1485 - 1547).

This was followed by visit to room 6 where we saw An Allegory of Love (probably about 1527-39), by Garofalo (1481 - 1559).

Finally we ended in room 44 with Lake Keitele (1905), by Akseli-Gallen-Kallela (1865 - 1931).


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).