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Johannes Vermeer -Lady Standing at a Virginal (1670–1672).
Anthonis van Dyck - Equestrian Portrait of Charles I - National Gallery, London
Anthony van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (1637–1638).

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

Seurat bathers
Georges-Pierre Seurat, Bathers at Asnières (1884).
Vincent Willem van Gogh 127
Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers (1888).
Hans Holbein the Younger - The Ambassadors - Google Art Project
Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors (1533).
Leonardo da Vinci - Virgin of the Rocks (National Gallery London)
Leonardo da Vinci – The Virgin of the Rocks (1495–1508).
Raphael Madonna of the Pinks
Raphael, The Madonna of the Pinks (La Madonna dei Garofani) (1506–07).

Galleries

Paintings

Dutch Paintings
  • Young Man with a Skull, Frans Hals, National Gallery, London

    Frans Hals, Young Man with a Skull c. (1626–28)

  • A Woman Bathing in a Stream by Rembrandt

    Rembrandt, A Woman Bathing in a Stream, (1655)

  • Aelbert Cuyp 007

    Aelbert Cuyp - Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede (1658–60)

  • Pieter de Hooch - The Courtyard of a House in Delft

    Pieter de Hooch - The Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658)

  • 61016Portrait of Jacob Trip

    Rembrandt, Portrait of Jacob Trip, (1661)

  • Jan Steen - Skittles Players Outside an Inn

    Jan Steen - Skittle Players outside an Inn (1660-3)

  • Rembrandt - Self-Portrait - WGA19224

    Rembrandt, Self-Portrait, (1669)

  • Johannes Vermeer - Zittende Klavecimbelspeelster (1673-1675)

    Johannes Vermeer - A Young Woman seated at a Virginal (1670-2)

  • Meindert Hobbema 001

    Meindert Hobbema - The Avenue at Middelharnis (1689)

  • Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 025

    Rembrandt 1644

  • Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 086

    Rembrandt, Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume, 1635

  • Vincent Willem van Gogh 138

    Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh's Chair, 1888

  • Gerard David - The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor - Google Art Project

    Gerard David, The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor, probably 1510

English Paintings
Flemish Paintings
  • Portrait of a Man in a Turban (Jan van Eyck) without frame

    Jan van Eyck - Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) (1433)

  • Van Eyck - Arnolfini Portrait

    Jan van Eyck - The Arnolfini Portrait (1434)

  • Virgin and Child Follower of Hugo van der Goes

    Follower of Hugo van der Goes - Virgin and Child, c. (1485)

  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Adoration of the Kings - WGA3461

    Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Adoration of the Kings, (1564)

  • Anthonis van Dyck 005

    Anthony van Dyck - The Emperor Theodosius is Forbidden by Saint Ambrose to enter Milan Cathedral (1619–20)

  • TENIERS the Younger, David - Peasants at Archery (1645)

    David Teniers the Younger - Peasants at Archery (1645)

French Paintings
German Paintings
Italian Paintings
Spanish Paintings


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