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Hace 5 días · Tudor paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger and contemporary photography by Hiroshi Sugimoto meet in the National Portrait Gallery’s first exhibition of historic portraiture since reopening, presenting a study of the lives and afterlives of the six women who married Henry VIII. 20 June – 8 September 2024. Book tickets
16 de nov. de 2023 · The exhibition showcases the raw materials used to make pastels as well as drawings, paintings and miniatures that seek to bring this idiosyncratic artist to life. Last exhibited in 1754, when Liotard brought the pastel from Lyon to London, and hardly been seen in public since, this exhibition seeks to put Liotard and ‘The Lavergne Family Breakfast’ back in the spotlight.
26 de may. de 2024 · Born in Rome in 1593, Artemisia was brought up by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. She trained alongside her three brothers in his workshop, where she proved the most talented of all his children. At the age of only 17, Artemisia was raped by the painter Agostino Tassi. There followed an infamous trial in 1612, in which Artemisia was ...
15 de sept. de 2021 · 1600 - 1649. Charles I was born in 1600, crowned King of England in 1625, and beheaded outside the Banqueting Hall in Whitehall in 1649. He was an important patron of the arts and a notable collector. Van Dyck, whose magnificent 'Equestrian Portrait of Charles I' is in the Collection, was his court painter. Works from the King's collection now ...
The Queen’s Gallery has now become The King’s Gallery. For centuries, portraiture has played a vital role in shaping the public’s perception of the Royal Family. This exhibition charts the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s to the present day, bringing together more than 150 photographic prints, proofs and documents ...
Other portraits to be loaned to the National Gallery include Sir Antony van Dyck’s self portrait, of about 1640; 'The Sharp Family', 1799-1781 by Johan Joseph Zoffany (on long-term loan to the National Portrait Gallery); 'John Playfair', 1811, by Sir Henry Raeburn and Gwen John’s self portrait, of about 1900.
Hace 2 días · Van Dyck was born in Antwerp. A precocious artist, his first independent works date from 1615-16, when he would have been about 17. In 1621 he was in the service of James I of England, but left to visit Italy, where he remained until 1627. His aristocratic rendering of Genoese patricians, like the so-called 'Balbi Children', were very well ...
