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www.nationalgallery.org.uk. The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 [2]. [note 1] The current director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi.
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 ...
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits.
Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery, is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England. [3] It is part of the Tate network of galleries in England, with Tate Modern , Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives .
Dimensions. 141.5 cm × 104.6 cm (55.7 in × 41.2 in) Location. National Gallery, London. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, sometimes called the Burlington House Cartoon, is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. The drawing is in charcoal and black and white chalk, on eight sheets of paper that are glued together.
London’s prestigious National Gallery, containing much of the UK’s most prized art, has removed the name of one of its biggest donors, Sackler – the disgraced pharmaceuticals dynasty. The ...
There are a number of national museums in the United Kingdom, which are owned and operated by the state.The national museums of the UK are funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) of the British government, and are all located in England.
Jan van de Cappelle (1626–1679) (Art UK): A Coast Scene, with a Small Dutch Vessel landing Passengers (Art UK) [permanent dead link], A Dutch Yacht firing a Salute as a Barge pulls away, and Many Small Vessels at Anchor (Art UK) [permanent dead link], A River Scene with a Dutch Yacht firing a Salute as Two Barges pull away (Art UK), A River ...