This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people. In 1842, in Florence, William Fuller Maitland married Lydia, daughter of ...

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people. In 1787 Ottley entered the Royal Academy Schools, studying briefly under ...

Jeremy Deller talks to Emily at Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, one of the four UK partners taking part in 'The Triumph of Art'. Hear Deller give insights into his work on ...

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people. Layard was the son of Henry Peter John Layard, a civil servant in Sri ...

Individuals and small groups (of up to four people) are welcome to join these 60-minute taster tours of the collection. If you are interested in booking a private guided tour for your group, you can ...

In Greek and Roman mythology, the god Saturn was warned that one of his offspring would overthrow him, so he ate his children at birth. To protect their son, his wife Ops took the infant Jupiter to ...

This painting may be an idealised portrait of a woman in the guise of a saint, as she has a thin gold halo above her head. She looks directly at us and presses her right hand against her breast. Her ...

A wild, mountainous landscape stretches out before us, with sharp snowy peaks silhouetted against the sky. In the middle distance, just beyond the rushing waterfall, a town – complete with campanile ...

As ‘ Making Colour’ continues, we get up close to some of the world’s rarest pigments. Plus, a luminous pastel by Rosalba Carriera. MIRANDA HINKLEY (in the studio): This is the National Gallery ...

Turner vs Claude: exhibition preview. Plus broadcaster Gus Casely-Hayford on ‘Your Paintings’ and the view from Rubens’s window. Miranda Hinkley (in the studio): This is the National Gallery Podcast ...

In the May 2008 podcast, Nicholas Penny on returning to the Gallery as Director, Rachel Ruysch’s celebrated blooms, and a house where art meets science. Miranda Hinkley (in the studio): Hello, I’m ...

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