Entry to the Gallery to view the collection is free – admission is now through the Portico Entrance. We encourage people to book a gallery entry ticket. Please note it may take longer to access the ...

TThe Gallery offers a collaborative MA in Theology, Bible, and the Arts (formerly called the MA in Christianity and the Arts), taught in association with the Department of Theology and Religious ...

Louis de Boullogne (le Jeune) was born in Paris in November 1654, the second son of the painter Louis de Boullogne or Boullongne (l'Ancien). Both he and his elder brother Bon studied at the Academy in ...

Taking careful steps, a woman comes towards us, holding what at first glance looks like a deep circular tray. She is the Vestal Virgin Tuccia and the object she carries is, in fact, a sieve. Vestal ...

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 number of black pigments have been identified in 16th-century Italian paintings in the National Gallery. The 'black earths' are a category of black pigments referred to as black chalks and black ...

This is thought to be one of Boccaccino’s earliest known works. It is an altarpiece painted for the choir screen of the church of S. Domenico in Cremona. Christ carries the Cross escorted by three ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Discover a display of drawings by Frank Auerbach in the Espresso Bar. Plus, anxious art by Pontormo and why Poussin is worth the effort. MIRANDA HINKLEY (in the studio): This is the National Gallery ...

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 ...