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Johannes Vermeer ,
Lady Standing at a Virginal (1670–1672).
Diego Velázquez ,
Rokeby Venus (1647–51).
Anthony van Dyck ,
Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (1637–1638).
Peter Paul Rubens ,
Samson and Delilah (1609–10).
The
National Gallery is the primary British national public art gallery, sited on
Trafalgar Square , in central
London . It is home to one of the world's greatest collections of Western European paintings. Founded in 1824, from an initial purchase of 36 paintings by the British Government, its collections have since grown to about 2,300 paintings by roughly 750 artists dating from the mid-13th century to 1900, most of which are on display. This page lists some of the highlights of the collection.
For the list of all named painters in the collection and their works, see
Catalogue of paintings in the National Gallery, London .
Paintings highlights
Georges-Pierre Seurat ,
Bathers at Asnières (1884).
Vincent van Gogh ,
Sunflowers (1888).
Titian ,
Diana and Actaeon (1556), jointly with the
National Gallery of Scotland .
Hans Holbein the Younger ,
The Ambassadors (1533).
Leonardo da Vinci –
The Virgin of the Rocks (1495–1508).
Michelangelo ,
The Entombment (1500–1501).
Raphael ,
The Madonna of the Pinks (La Madonna dei Garofani) (1506–07).
American School
Dutch School
English School
Flemish School
French School
German School
Italian School
Spanish School
Galleries
Paintings
Dutch Paintings
Rembrandt ,
A Woman Bathing in a Stream , (1655)
Aelbert Cuyp -
Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede (1658–60)
Rembrandt ,
Portrait of Jacob Trip , (1661)
Jan Steen -
Skittle Players outside an Inn (1660-3)
Rembrandt ,
Self-Portrait , (1669)
Rembrandt ,
The Woman taken in Adultery , 1644
Rembrandt ,
Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume , 1635
Gerard David ,
The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor , probably 1510
English Paintings
Flemish Paintings
French Paintings
German Paintings
Italian Paintings
Spanish Paintings
External links
Other museums and galleries