This self-guided short tour will take you on a journey from Italy to Northern Europe and showcases five examples of early and High Renaissance art by masters such as Leonardo, Raphael and Titian.

Artemisia Gentileschi, the most celebrated female artist of the seventeenth century, appears in the guise of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a Christian saint martyred in the early fourth century. She ...

Curator Mary McMahon and Conservation Fellow Maria Carolina Peña-Mariño discuss the challenge of restoring Richard Wilson's painting 'The Valley of the Dee, with Chester in the Distance' This is a ...

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The family firm of Agnew’s grew from a partnership entered into by Thomas Agnew (1794–1871) and Vittore Zanetti, an Italian print seller, picture-frame maker, gilder and dealer in Old Master paintings ...

See how Ralph Wornum, the Keeper of the National Gallery, and his wife, as well as their 14 children, lived in the Gallery. A life full of exciting stories, paintings, meeting artists, living abroad, ...

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Throughout the month of September, we are celebrating our Membership scheme’s 10th Anniversary. To mark this moment we asked our Director, Gabriele Finaldi, to select 10 of his favourite paintings ...

Tickets now available, booking through to 8 December. Be blown away by Van Gogh’s most spectacular paintings in our once-in-a-century exhibition. Walk with a pair of lovers beneath a starry night.

Attending a CPD training (continuing professional development) is a great way to start a Take One Picture Project. The session offers the opportunity to learn about the focus painting and develop ...

Drawing on themes from our exhibition, 'Discover Constable and the Hay Wain', this mindfulness session takes a landscape by Gainsborough as its focus. Be guided to notice shape, colour and light, and ...

Constable’s 'The Hay Wain' is the most famous celebration of the English landscape on canvas, yet this calm vision of the Suffolk landscape purposely ignored the modern factories, steam power, and ...