The Masterpieces National Gallery, London (Part 2)

2. VERMEER, Johannes
Lady Standing at a Virginal (detail)
c. 1670
Oil on canvas, 51,7 x 45,2 cm
National Gallery, London

3. VERMEER, Johannes
Lady Standing at a Virginal (detail)
c. 1670
Oil on canvas, 51,7 x 45,2 cm
National Gallery, London

4. VERMEER, Johannes
Lady Standing at a Virginal (detail)
c. 1670
Oil on canvas, 51,7 x 45,2 cm
National Gallery, London

5. VERMEER, Johannes
Lady Standing at a Virginal
c. 1670
Oil on canvas, 51,7 x 45,2 cm
National Gallery, London

6. National Gallery, London
Picture Gallery, The Masterpieces
Part 2

7. VERMEER, Johannes
Lady Seated at a Virginal (detail)
c. 1673
Oil on canvas, 51,5 x 45,5 cm
National Gallery, London

8. VERMEER, Johannes
Lady Seated at a Virginal (detail)
c. 1673
Oil on canvas, 51,5 x 45,5 cm
National Gallery, London

9. VERMEER, Johannes
Lady Seated at a Virginal
c. 1673
Oil on canvas, 51,5 x 45,5 cm
National Gallery, London

10. GOSSART, Jan
The Adoration of the Kings
1500-15
Oil on wood, 177 x 162 cm
National Gallery, London

11. GOSSART, Jan
The Adoration of the Kings (detail)
1500-15
Oil on wood
National Gallery, London

12. GOSSART, Jan
The Adoration of the Kings
1500-15
Oil on wood, 177 x 162 cm
National Gallery, London

13. DÜRER, Albrecht
St Jerome in the Wilderness
c. 1495
Oil on panel, 23 x 17 cm
National Gallery, London

14. DÜRER, Albrecht
St Jerome in the Wilderness (detail)
c. 1495
Oil on panel, 23 x 17 cm
National Gallery, London

15. GRECO, El
The Adoration of the Name of Jesus
late 1570s
Oil and tempera on pine panel,
detail size 29 x 24 cm
National Gallery, London

16. GRECO, El
The Adoration of the Name of Jesus
(detail)
late 1570s
Oil and tempera on pine panel,
detail size 29 x 24 cm
National Gallery, London

17. GRECO, El
The Adoration of the Name of Jesus
(detail)
late 1570s
Oil and tempera on pine panel,
detail size 29 x 24 cm
National Gallery, London

18. GRECO, El
The Adoration of the Name of Jesus
(detail)
late 1570s
Oil and tempera on pine panel,
detail size 29 x 24 cm
National Gallery, London

19. MEMLING, Hans
The Donne Triptych
c. 1475
Oil on oak, 70,5 x 70,5 cm (central
panel), 70,5 x 30,5 cm (wings)
National Gallery, London

20. MEMLING, Hans
The Donne Triptych (centre panel)
c. 1475
Oil on oak, 70,5 x 30,5 cm
National Gallery, London

21. MEMLING, Hans
The Donne Triptych (detail)
c. 1475
Oil on oak
National Gallery, London

22. MEMLING, Hans
The Donne Triptych (detail)
c. 1475
Oil on oak
National Gallery, London

23. MEMLING, Hans
The Donne Triptych (detail)
c. 1475
Oil on oak
National Gallery, London

24. MEMLING, Hans
The Donne Triptych (right wing)
c. 1475
Oil on oak, 70,5 x 30,5 cm
National Gallery, London

25. MEMLING, Hans
The Donne Triptych (left wing)
c. 1475
Oil on oak, 70,5 x 30,5 cm
National Gallery, London

26. PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
Baptism of Christ
1448-50
Egg tempera on poplar panel, 167 x
116 cm
National Gallery, London

27. PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
Baptism of Christ
1448-50
Egg tempera on poplar panel, 167 x
116 cm
National Gallery, London

28. PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
Baptism of Christ
1448-50
Egg tempera on poplar panel, 167 x
116 cm
National Gallery, London

29. RAFFAELLO Sanzio
Aldobrandini Madonna (Garvagh
Madonna)
1510
Oil on wood, 38,7 x 32,7 cm
National Gallery, London

30. RAFFAELLO Sanzio
Aldobrandini Madonna (Garvagh
Madonna)(detail)
1510
Oil on wood, 38,7 x 32,7 cm
National Gallery, London

31. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Ri
Belshazzar's Feast
c. 1636
Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cm
National Gallery, London

32. REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Ri
Belshazzar's Feast (detail)
c. 1636
Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cm
National Gallery, London

33. RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste
The Umbrellas (Les Parapluies)
c. 1883
Oil on canvas, 180 x 115 cm
National Gallery, London

34. RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste
The Umbrellas (Les Parapluies)
(detail)
c. 1883
Oil on canvas, 180 x 115 cm
National Gallery, London

35. RUBENS, Peter Paul
The Judgment of Paris
c. 1636
Oil on canvas, 145 x 194 cm
National Gallery, London

36. RUBENS, Peter Paul
The Judgment of Paris (detail)
c. 1636
Oil on canvas, 145 x 194 cm
National Gallery, London

37. TIZIANO Vecellio
Bacchus and Ariadne
1520-22
Oil on canvas, 175 x 190 cm
National Gallery, London

38. TIZIANO Vecellio
Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)
1520-22
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

39. TIZIANO Vecellio
Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)
1520-22
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

40. TIZIANO Vecellio
Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)
1520-22
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

41. UCCELLO, Paolo
St. George and the Dragon
c. 1456
Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm
National Gallery, London

42. UCCELLO, Paolo
St. George and the Dragon (detail)
c. 1456
Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm
National Gallery, London

43. UCCELLO, Paolo
St. George and the Dragon (detail)
c. 1456
Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm
National Gallery, London

44. VERONESE, Paolo
The Family of Darius before
Alexander (detail)
1565-70
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

45. VERONESE, Paolo
The Family of Darius before
Alexander (detail)
1565-70
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

46. VERONESE, Paolo
The Family of Darius before
Alexander (detail)
1565-70
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

47. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de
Selve (`The Ambassadors')
1533
Oil on oak, 207 x 209 cm
National Gallery, London

48. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de
Selve (`The Ambassadors') (detail)
1533
Oil on oak, 207 x 209 cm
National Gallery, London

49. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de
Selve (`The Ambassadors') (detail)
1533
Oil on oak, 207 x 209 cm
National Gallery, London

50. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de
Selve (`The Ambassadors') (detail)
1533
Oil on oak, 207 x 209 cm
National Gallery, London

51. cast National Gallery, London: Picture
Gallery, The Masterpieces (Part 2)
images and text credit www.
Music wav.
created olga.e.
thanks for watching
oes
HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de
Selve (`The Ambassadors') (detail)
1533
Oil on oak, 207 x 209 cm
National Gallery, London

52. The National Gallery in London is a national collection of European paintings
from c. 1300 to c. 1900 (it also includes a few earlier pictures and has recently
started to acquire works from the early 20th century).
It was founded in 1824 when the government purchased thirty-eight paintings
from the collection of John Julius Angerstein, a merchant who died in 1823.
They were first displayed in his former house at 100 Pall Mall. Further bequests
(including that of Sir George Beaumont) soon necessitated larger premises,
and the present building in Trafalgar Square, designed by William Wilkins, was
opened in 1838; the gallery shared the premises with the Royal Academy until
1869, by which time it had grown into one of the great collections of the world.
Since then there have been various enlargements of the building and in 1991 a
major extension was opened - the Sainsbury Wing, the gift of Sir John, Simon.
and Timothy Sainsbury. This wing now houses the gallery's early paintings, up
to about 1510.

53. The collection as a whole now has about 2,000 pictures. This is a fairly small
number compared with some of the great Continental galleries based on former
royal collections, but the National Gallery's paintings surpass those of any other
gallery in giving a comprehensive view of the mainstream of European painting
from Giotto to Cézanne. Best represented of all are the early Italian and Dutch
Schools.
The representation of the British School is selective because of the existence of the
Tate Gallery as a separate National Gallery of British art. Other well-known national
galleries, with their dates of foundation, are: the National Gallery of Scotland in
Edinburgh (1859); the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne (1859); the National
Gallery of Ireland in Dublin (1864); the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa (1880);
the National Gallery of Art in Washington (1937); and the Australian National
Gallery in Canberra (1976).