With its focus on the power of art to bring people together, the project’s inspiration includes mythological paintings in our ...

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3. Detail of Hendrick Avercamp, 'A Scene on the Ice near a Town', about 1615 ...

Saint Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers and stonemasons. He was a deacon in the early Christian church and cared for the poor. Stephen was stoned to death by the Jewish council in Jerusalem ...

In 1824 Parliament purchased 38 paintings from the art collection of John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823). This purchase formed the basis of the National Gallery when Prime Minister Lord Liverpool (in ...

Track the journey that Orazio Gentileschi's epic painting ‘The Finding of Moses’ went on in the Gallery's Conservation studio. Join the conservators Kristina Mandy, Silvia Tagliante and Marek Goliaš ...

Van Gogh is today one of the most popular of the Post-Impressionist painters, although he was not widely appreciated during his lifetime. He is now famed for the great vitality of his works which are ...

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.

Saint Anne is the patron saint of women in labour. She is also the patron saint of housewives. Legend has it that Saint Anne and her husband Joachim were the Virgin Mary’s parents. By bringing her ...

This tiny painting – almost postcard sized – shows an endearing fireside scene: Christ’s bath time. The Virgin sits on a cushion on the floor, surrounded by domestic paraphernalia. There is a brass ...

We asked Ben Mercer, author, content creator and strategist for the books that he would recommend as gifts. His choice includes something for everyone, from a comprehensive guide to highlights from ...

Copy record of a letter from Thos. Agnew & Sons to Arthur Joseph Sulley, art dealer, regarding a potential delay in the sale of the portrait of [Frances Molesworth] Marchioness Camden by Sir Joshua ...