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The National Gallery, London

The National Gallery, London

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Westminster

2,396 artworks

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The National Gallery houses the nation’s collection of Western European painting from the 13th to the early 20th centuries. Located in Trafalgar Square in central London, the National Gallery is open to the public 361 days a year, free of charge. The collection represents the greatest Western European painters including Van Eyck, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Turner, Rembrandt, Degas, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Rubens, Velázquez, Van Dyck, Titian and Bellini. No other collection possesses such consistent quality, nor better tells the story of Western European painting. Almost all of the 2,300 paintings in the National Gallery’s collection are on permanent display. The Gallery started life in 1824 when the British Government purchased 38 pictures belonging to the banker John Julius Angerstein. As there was no suitable space available to display the collection, the pictures were put on display in Angerstein's former home in Pall Mall. It was only in 1838 that the collection moved to its current site in Trafalgar Square.

Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

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Artworks

  • Portrait of Greta Moll
    Portrait of Greta Moll Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Muleteers, and a Herdsman with an Ox and Goats by a Pool
    Muleteers, and a Herdsman with an Ox and Goats by a Pool Jan Both (c.1618–1652)
    The National Gallery, London
  • The Procession to Calvary
    The Procession to Calvary Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (1483–1561)
    The National Gallery, London
  • An Allegory
    An Allegory Italian (Florentine) School
    The National Gallery, London
  • An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning
    An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
    The National Gallery, London
  • Ships lying near Dordrecht
    Ships lying near Dordrecht Paul Jean Clays (1819–1900)
    The National Gallery, London
  • A Landscape with Peasants and a Cart
    A Landscape with Peasants and a Cart Isack van Ostade (1621–1649)
    The National Gallery, London
  • 2,389 more

Artists

  • Italianate Landscape with a Ruined Temple
    Pierre I Patel (c.1605–1676)
  • Study from Nature: Near Villeneuve
    Alexandre Calame (1810–1864)
  • Flight into Egypt
    German (Cologne) School
  • Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph
    Southern German School
  • Still Life with an Upturned Roemer
    Willem Claesz. Heda (1594–1680)
  • Portrait of a Man
    Pieter van der Plas (c.1595–c.1650)
  • Salome
    Carlo Dolci (1616–1686)
  • The Annunciation
    Girolamo da Santacroce (1480/1485–1556)
  • Portrait of a Woman
    Catharina van Hemessen (1528–after 1587)
  • Saints Matthew, Catherine of Alexandria and John the Evangelist
    Stefan Lochner (c.1410–1451)

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    BBC England
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  • British Council Collection
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  • City of Westminster Archives Centre
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  • English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House
  • Government Art Collection
  • Hallfield Primary School, Westminster
  • Hunterian Museum