Thread: One of my favourite art galleries is in Edinburgh. The National Gallery on the Mound is one of the great treasures of Scotland. Here’s why a visit to the Scottish capital is incomplete without visiting this small, yet perfectly formed, collection!
The gallery has a great group of early Renaissance works. Detail from Botticelli’s Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child (c1490), Leonardo’s Study of Dogs Paws (c1480) & Raphael’s Drawing of A Kneeling Nude Woman (c1518)
The gallery has a great group of early Renaissance works. Detail from Botticelli’s Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child (c1490), Leonardo’s Study of Dogs Paws (c1480) & Raphael’s Drawing of A Kneeling Nude Woman (c1518)
The gallery has a great group of early Renaissance works. Detail from Botticelli’s Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child (c1490), Leonardo’s Study of Dogs Paws (c1480) & Raphael’s Drawing of A Kneeling Nude Woman (c1518)
The gallery has a great group of early Renaissance works. Detail from Botticelli’s Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child (c1490), Leonardo’s Study of Dogs Paws (c1480) & Raphael’s Drawing of A Kneeling Nude Woman (c1518)
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Titian is represented in the collection by a number of ravishing masterpieces. Three Ages of Man (1512-4), Venus Anadyomene (1520-5) & Diana & Actaeon (1559). Edinburgh is vital to visit if you want to understand one of the greatest Italian painters.
Titian is represented in the collection by a number of ravishing masterpieces. Three Ages of Man (1512-4), Venus Anadyomene (1520-5) & Diana & Actaeon (1559). Edinburgh is vital to visit if you want to understand one of the greatest Italian painters.
Titian is represented in the collection by a number of ravishing masterpieces. Three Ages of Man (1512-4), Venus Anadyomene (1520-5) & Diana & Actaeon (1559). Edinburgh is vital to visit if you want to understand one of the greatest Italian painters.
Titian is represented in the collection by a number of ravishing masterpieces. Three Ages of Man (1512-4), Venus Anadyomene (1520-5) & Diana & Actaeon (1559). Edinburgh is vital to visit if you want to understand one of the greatest Italian painters.
Jacopo Bassano’s Adoration of the Kings (1542), Guercino’s The Virgin & Child (c1615) & Giovanni Battista Pittoni’s (1725) The Apotheosis of St Jerome with St Peter of Alcántara & a Franciscan. The historic-style hanging of works in the museum add to their dramatic qualities.
Jacopo Bassano’s Adoration of the Kings (1542), Guercino’s The Virgin & Child (c1615) & Giovanni Battista Pittoni’s (1725) The Apotheosis of St Jerome with St Peter of Alcántara & a Franciscan. The historic-style hanging of works in the museum add to their dramatic qualities.
Jacopo Bassano’s Adoration of the Kings (1542), Guercino’s The Virgin & Child (c1615) & Giovanni Battista Pittoni’s (1725) The Apotheosis of St Jerome with St Peter of Alcántara & a Franciscan. The historic-style hanging of works in the museum add to their dramatic qualities.
Jacopo Bassano’s Adoration of the Kings (1542), Guercino’s The Virgin & Child (c1615) & Giovanni Battista Pittoni’s (1725) The Apotheosis of St Jerome with St Peter of Alcántara & a Franciscan. The historic-style hanging of works in the museum add to their dramatic qualities.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo has two major works at the Gallery. These are The Finding of Moses (c1735) & The Meeting of Anthony & Cleopatra (c1745). Also shown is Domenichino’s The Adoration of the Shepherds (c1607-10).
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo has two major works at the Gallery. These are The Finding of Moses (c1735) & The Meeting of Anthony & Cleopatra (c1745). Also shown is Domenichino’s The Adoration of the Shepherds (c1607-10).
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo has two major works at the Gallery. These are The Finding of Moses (c1735) & The Meeting of Anthony & Cleopatra (c1745). Also shown is Domenichino’s The Adoration of the Shepherds (c1607-10).
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo has two major works at the Gallery. These are The Finding of Moses (c1735) & The Meeting of Anthony & Cleopatra (c1745). Also shown is Domenichino’s The Adoration of the Shepherds (c1607-10).
One of the Gallery’s greatest masterpieces is Canova’s The Three Graces (1817) which is one of the most important neoclassical works in Western Art. I also got a chance to photograph a contemporary Edinburgh version outside the museum.
One of the Gallery’s greatest masterpieces is Canova’s The Three Graces (1817) which is one of the most important neoclassical works in Western Art. I also got a chance to photograph a contemporary Edinburgh version outside the museum.
One of the Gallery’s greatest masterpieces is Canova’s The Three Graces (1817) which is one of the most important neoclassical works in Western Art. I also got a chance to photograph a contemporary Edinburgh version outside the museum.
One of the Gallery’s greatest masterpieces is Canova’s The Three Graces (1817) which is one of the most important neoclassical works in Western Art. I also got a chance to photograph a contemporary Edinburgh version outside the museum.
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There is a small but extremely choice collection of Spanish works. El Greco (1577-9) An Allegory, Velázquez (1618) An Old Woman Cooking Eggs & Murillo’s Personification of Summer (1640). The Old Woman is one of Velázquez’s earliest works.
There is a small but extremely choice collection of Spanish works. El Greco (1577-9) An Allegory, Velázquez (1618) An Old Woman Cooking Eggs & Murillo’s Personification of Summer (1640). The Old Woman is one of Velázquez’s earliest works.
There is a small but extremely choice collection of Spanish works. El Greco (1577-9) An Allegory, Velázquez (1618) An Old Woman Cooking Eggs & Murillo’s Personification of Summer (1640). The Old Woman is one of Velázquez’s earliest works.
There is a small but extremely choice collection of Spanish works. El Greco (1577-9) An Allegory, Velázquez (1618) An Old Woman Cooking Eggs & Murillo’s Personification of Summer (1640). The Old Woman is one of Velázquez’s earliest works.
There are a number of dramatic Flemish works including some showstoppers by Van Dyck. Rubens’ (1635-8) The Feast of Herod & Van Dyck’s St Sebastian (c1620) & The Lomellini Family (1626-7). Van Dyck returned to the homoerotic Sebastian regularly
There are a number of dramatic Flemish works including some showstoppers by Van Dyck. Rubens’ (1635-8) The Feast of Herod & Van Dyck’s St Sebastian (c1620) & The Lomellini Family (1626-7). Van Dyck returned to the homoerotic Sebastian regularly
There are a number of dramatic Flemish works including some showstoppers by Van Dyck. Rubens’ (1635-8) The Feast of Herod & Van Dyck’s St Sebastian (c1620) & The Lomellini Family (1626-7). Van Dyck returned to the homoerotic Sebastian regularly
There are a number of dramatic Flemish works including some showstoppers by Van Dyck. Rubens’ (1635-8) The Feast of Herod & Van Dyck’s St Sebastian (c1620) & The Lomellini Family (1626-7). Van Dyck returned to the homoerotic Sebastian regularly
Dutch painting is represented by all the greatest exponents of the school. Jan Lievens (c1631) Portrait of a Young Man, Rembrandt (c1645) Woman in Bed & Self-Portrait aged 51 (1657). The Lievens is arguably his greatest work
Dutch painting is represented by all the greatest exponents of the school. Jan Lievens (c1631) Portrait of a Young Man, Rembrandt (c1645) Woman in Bed & Self-Portrait aged 51 (1657). The Lievens is arguably his greatest work
Dutch painting is represented by all the greatest exponents of the school. Jan Lievens (c1631) Portrait of a Young Man, Rembrandt (c1645) Woman in Bed & Self-Portrait aged 51 (1657). The Lievens is arguably his greatest work
Dutch painting is represented by all the greatest exponents of the school. Jan Lievens (c1631) Portrait of a Young Man, Rembrandt (c1645) Woman in Bed & Self-Portrait aged 51 (1657). The Lievens is arguably his greatest work
Amongst French painters are Nicolas Poussin & his famed Sacrament series (1644-8) including the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Watteau (c1718-9) Fêtes Vénitiennes & Chardin (c1750s) Vase of Flowers . The latter is one of Chardin’s most beautiful still lives
Amongst French painters are Nicolas Poussin & his famed Sacrament series (1644-8) including the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Watteau (c1718-9) Fêtes Vénitiennes & Chardin (c1750s) Vase of Flowers . The latter is one of Chardin’s most beautiful still lives
Amongst French painters are Nicolas Poussin & his famed Sacrament series (1644-8) including the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Watteau (c1718-9) Fêtes Vénitiennes & Chardin (c1750s) Vase of Flowers . The latter is one of Chardin’s most beautiful still lives
Amongst French painters are Nicolas Poussin & his famed Sacrament series (1644-8) including the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Watteau (c1718-9) Fêtes Vénitiennes & Chardin (c1750s) Vase of Flowers . The latter is one of Chardin’s most beautiful still lives
One of my favourite works is the Corot Entrance to a Wood. François-Xavier Fabre (1819) Portrait of a Man, Corot (c1825) Ville-d’Avray: Entrance to a Wood & Monet (1891) Poplars on the Epte. Corot was part of a movement that would lead to Impressionism
One of my favourite works is the Corot Entrance to a Wood. François-Xavier Fabre (1819) Portrait of a Man, Corot (c1825) Ville-d’Avray: Entrance to a Wood & Monet (1891) Poplars on the Epte. Corot was part of a movement that would lead to Impressionism
One of my favourite works is the Corot Entrance to a Wood. François-Xavier Fabre (1819) Portrait of a Man, Corot (c1825) Ville-d’Avray: Entrance to a Wood & Monet (1891) Poplars on the Epte. Corot was part of a movement that would lead to Impressionism
One of my favourite works is the Corot Entrance to a Wood. François-Xavier Fabre (1819) Portrait of a Man, Corot (c1825) Ville-d’Avray: Entrance to a Wood & Monet (1891) Poplars on the Epte. Corot was part of a movement that would lead to Impressionism
Edinburgh has a superb group of Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Paintings. Monet (1891) Haystacks: Snow Effect, Degas (1879) Diego Martelli, Gaugin (1899) Three Tahitians & (1888) The Vision after the Sermon. The last mentioned is a hallucinatory work of spiritual depth
Edinburgh has a superb group of Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Paintings. Monet (1891) Haystacks: Snow Effect, Degas (1879) Diego Martelli, Gaugin (1899) Three Tahitians & (1888) The Vision after the Sermon. The last mentioned is a hallucinatory work of spiritual depth
Edinburgh has a superb group of Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Paintings. Monet (1891) Haystacks: Snow Effect, Degas (1879) Diego Martelli, Gaugin (1899) Three Tahitians & (1888) The Vision after the Sermon. The last mentioned is a hallucinatory work of spiritual depth
Edinburgh has a superb group of Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Paintings. Monet (1891) Haystacks: Snow Effect, Degas (1879) Diego Martelli, Gaugin (1899) Three Tahitians & (1888) The Vision after the Sermon. The last mentioned is a hallucinatory work of spiritual depth
Edinburgh has a superb group of Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Paintings. Monet (1891) Haystacks: Snow Effect, Degas (1879) Diego Martelli, Gaugin (1899) Three Tahitians & (1888) The Vision after the Sermon. The last mentioned is a hallucinatory work of spiritual depth
Edinburgh is also home to the national collection of Scottish art. Allan Ramsay (1766) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1758) The Artist’s Wife & Henry Raeburn (c1795) The Skating Minister, Dr Robert Walker. Also shown is David Wilkie’s (1813) The Letter of Introduction
Edinburgh is also home to the national collection of Scottish art. Allan Ramsay (1766) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1758) The Artist’s Wife & Henry Raeburn (c1795) The Skating Minister, Dr Robert Walker. Also shown is David Wilkie’s (1813) The Letter of Introduction
Edinburgh is also home to the national collection of Scottish art. Allan Ramsay (1766) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1758) The Artist’s Wife & Henry Raeburn (c1795) The Skating Minister, Dr Robert Walker. Also shown is David Wilkie’s (1813) The Letter of Introduction
Edinburgh is also home to the national collection of Scottish art. Allan Ramsay (1766) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1758) The Artist’s Wife & Henry Raeburn (c1795) The Skating Minister, Dr Robert Walker. Also shown is David Wilkie’s (1813) The Letter of Introduction
Edinburgh is also home to the national collection of Scottish art. Allan Ramsay (1766) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1758) The Artist’s Wife & Henry Raeburn (c1795) The Skating Minister, Dr Robert Walker. Also shown is David Wilkie’s (1813) The Letter of Introduction
Scottish art has always been diverse with many different styles including Celtic inspired works. William Dyce (1837) Francesco da Rimini, James Paterson (1887) Autumn in Glencairn, Joseph Crawhall (c1895) The White Drake & John Duncan (1913) Saint Bride
Scottish art has always been diverse with many different styles including Celtic inspired works. William Dyce (1837) Francesco da Rimini, James Paterson (1887) Autumn in Glencairn, Joseph Crawhall (c1895) The White Drake & John Duncan (1913) Saint Bride
Scottish art has always been diverse with many different styles including Celtic inspired works. William Dyce (1837) Francesco da Rimini, James Paterson (1887) Autumn in Glencairn, Joseph Crawhall (c1895) The White Drake & John Duncan (1913) Saint Bride
Scottish art has always been diverse with many different styles including Celtic inspired works. William Dyce (1837) Francesco da Rimini, James Paterson (1887) Autumn in Glencairn, Joseph Crawhall (c1895) The White Drake & John Duncan (1913) Saint Bride
Scottish art has always been diverse with many different styles including Celtic inspired works. William Dyce (1837) Francesco da Rimini, James Paterson (1887) Autumn in Glencairn, Joseph Crawhall (c1895) The White Drake & John Duncan (1913) Saint Bride
The Gallery has a number of superb portraits including the world famous Lady Agnew. John Singer Sargent (1892) Lady Agnew, Gainsborough (1777) Mrs Graham. A new acquisition is Ramsay’s (1745) Prince Charles Edward Stuart which was rediscovered in 2014 hanging in a stately home.
The Gallery has a number of superb portraits including the world famous Lady Agnew. John Singer Sargent (1892) Lady Agnew, Gainsborough (1777) Mrs Graham. A new acquisition is Ramsay’s (1745) Prince Charles Edward Stuart which was rediscovered in 2014 hanging in a stately home.
The Gallery has a number of superb portraits including the world famous Lady Agnew. John Singer Sargent (1892) Lady Agnew, Gainsborough (1777) Mrs Graham. A new acquisition is Ramsay’s (1745) Prince Charles Edward Stuart which was rediscovered in 2014 hanging in a stately home.
The Gallery has a number of superb portraits including the world famous Lady Agnew. John Singer Sargent (1892) Lady Agnew, Gainsborough (1777) Mrs Graham. A new acquisition is Ramsay’s (1745) Prince Charles Edward Stuart which was rediscovered in 2014 hanging in a stately home.
The Gallery has a number of superb portraits including the world famous Lady Agnew. John Singer Sargent (1892) Lady Agnew, Gainsborough (1777) Mrs Graham. A new acquisition is Ramsay’s (1745) Prince Charles Edward Stuart which was rediscovered in 2014 hanging in a stately home.
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