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A supremely poised young woman is painted in three-quarter view. Her right hand curls around the handle of a mirror, while she appears to be caressing a lock of hair with her left. She wears a white ...

In this 10-minute snapshot, Dr Maria Alambritis will introduce you to Parmigianino, one of the most influential and accomplished Italian artists of the 16th century, and explore his painting 'The ...

In 1824 Parliament purchased 38 paintings from the art collection of John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823). This purchase formed the basis of the National Gallery when Prime Minister Lord Liverpool (in ...

Greuze became celebrated for his sentimental portraits of village life and his covertly erotic representations of young girls. His works are related to the cult of 'sensibility' in late 18th-century ...

In a collection of over 2,300 paintings spanning the 13th to early 20th century, why are there so few, 27 to be precise, by women? We explore the representation of women in the collection; the artists ...

Find out why sunflowers represented happiness for Van Gogh. Learn how he experimented with colour to capture mood and express identity. The Sunflowers is one of the most popular paintings in the ...

Giotto was the chief liberator of Italian painting from the Byzantine style of the early Middle Ages. He was mainly active in Florence, although he may have been trained in Rome. He also worked in ...

Holbein was one of the most accomplished portraitists of the 16th century. He spent two periods of his life in England (1526-8 and 1532-43), portraying the nobility of the Tudor court. Holbein's ...