The National Gallery is right at Central London, @Trafalgar Square. It was founded in 1824 and the most of the paintings I have seen date also around this time. Apparently it houses a collection of over 2600 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.
The Ground Floor Galleries were closed so it was the Level 2 we visited. It was on my birthday so I was again lucky to visit a world famous museum on my birthday! Another one I visited again on one of my birthdays: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
The Upper Reaches of the Grand Canal with S. Simeone Piccolo – Canaletto, 1738Sun Rising through Vapour – J. M. W. Turner, 1807Adoration of the Shepherds – Guido Reni, 1642 Self-Portrait as Pascariello – Salvator Rosa,, ca. 1645-49.Perseus turning Phineas and his Followers to Stone – Luca Giordano, 1660The Marriage at Cana – Mattia Preti, 1655-60Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve (‘The Ambassadors’) – Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533Portrait of a Woman inspired by Lucretia – Lorenzo Lotto, 1530-3Adam and Eve – Jan Gossaert (Jean Gossart), 1520Agony in the Garden – Andrea Mantegna, 1455-6The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist (‘The Burlington House Cartoon’) – Leonardo da Vinci, 1499-1500Respect – Paolo Veronese, 1575Unfaithfulness – Paolo Veronese, 1575Queen Charlotte – Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1789Colonel Tarleton – Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782Whistlejacket – George Stubbs 1762Hélène Rouart in her Father’s Study – Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, 1886Hillside in Provence – Paul Cézanne, 1890-2The Umbrellas – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881-6Surprised!- Henri Rousseau, 1891The Skiff (La Yole) – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875Water-Lilies, Setting Sun – Claude Monet, 1907The Water-Lily Pond – Claude Monet, 1899Snow Scene at Argenteuil – Claude Monet, 1875The Thames below Westminster – Claude Monet, 1871Water-Lilies – Claude Monet, 1916La Terrasse at Vasouy, The Garden – Edouard Vuillard, 1901, reworked 1935 La Terrasse at Vasouy, The Lunch – Edouard Vuillard, 1901, reworked 1935Woman seated in a Garden – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1891Late Afternoon in our Meadow – Camille Pissarro, 1887Bathers at Asnières – Georges Seurat, 1884The Kien Valley with the Bluemlisalp Massif – Ferdinand Hodler, 1902In the Bibémus Quarry – Paul Cézanne, 1900-04Motherhood (La Maternité) – Pablo Picasso, 1901Coastal Scene- Theo van Rysselberghe, 1892Harvest: Le Pouldu – Paul Gauguin, 1890Still Life with Water Jug – Paul Cézanne 1892-3Avenue at Chantilly – Paul Cézanne, 1888
Les Terrasses de Monte Cassino – John Russell, 1889Van Gogh’s Chair – Vincent van Gogh, 1888Two Crabs – Vincent van Gogh, 1889Sunflowers – Vincent van Gogh, 1888At the Theatre (La Première Sortie) – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876-7Eva Gonzalès – Edouard Manet 1870Portrait of Elena Carafa – Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas 1875The Beach at Trouville – Claude Monet, 1870Ballet Dancers – Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, 1890-90Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando – Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas 1879Young Spartans Exercising – Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas 1860The Four Times of Day – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 1858Portrait of Carolus-Duran – Edouard Manet, 1876Cimabue’s Celebrated Madonna is carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence – Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1853-5The Fortress of Königstein from the North – Bernardo Bellotto, 1756-8 Italian Woman, or Woman with Yellow Sleeve (L’Italienne) – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 1870Susanna at her Bath -Francesco Hayez, 1850The Execution of Lady Jane Grey – Paul Delaroche 1833An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump – Joseph Wright ‘of Derby’ 1768Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame – François-Hubert Drouais, 1763-4Manon Balletti – Jean-Marc Nattier 1757The Supper at Emmaus – Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1601Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist – Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1609-10
