A summer of love, beauty, and inspiration - captured in Renoir’s paintings at the new autumnal exhibition ‘Renoir & Love’ at The National Gallery. Renoir & Love ❤️ 3...
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William Holman Hunt (1827—1910) is best known today as one of the founders of the PRB (Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood). In ‘Isabella and the Pot of Basil‘ he illustrated a...
Like many European artists of the early 1600s, Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (1587—1625) was greatly influenced by Caravaggio’s innovative and forceful paintings. Emulating...
The Burberry Trench: Crafting an Icon A free display, marking Burberry’s 170th anniversary. Bringing together rare material from the Burberry Archive and the V&A...
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Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793—1865) is one of the leading Austrian painters from the Biedermeier period. After training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, he...
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” — Victor Hugo. Guglielmo Zocchi, A Musical Evening, 19th century, Private...
Holland’s reputation as a country dominated by flowers is not only based on its vast bulb fields and extensive flower export, but also on its tradition of flower...
Painted only two years before the great Irish artist’s death, The Lady in White, Viscountess Wimborne is a bravura example of Sir John Lavery’s (1856—1941) work as a...
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The painter Louis Tocqué (1696—1772) was accepted into the French Académie Royale in 1734. His work was highly sought after at that time. He was much admired for his...
Born in Haarlem, Barend van der Meer (1659–1703) came from a family of artists and he became famous for his beautiful still-life paintings of fruits, flowers, exotic...
Fredericka, was a German noblewoman and member of the House of Wettin. Her fashionable brocaded silk gown, woven with a silver thread ground and large scale patterns,...
German artist Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803—1889) specialized in wonderfully detailed still lifes, such as this one, and looked back to Dutch Old Master paintings, drawing...
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Margherita Gonzaga (1591—1632) was Duchess of Lorraine from 1606 until 1624 by marriage to Henry II, Duke of Lorraine. Frans Pourbus the Younger, Portrait de Margherita...
Isabella II (1830—1904), Queen of Spain, she wears the sash of the Royal Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa. Attrib. to Isidoro Lozano, Isabella II, c. 1844 (on...
Saint Catherine, a III century martyr, belonged to a noble family in Alexandria. Driven by her Christian faith to disobey the Roman emperor, she was ordered to oppose...
This portrait, commissioned from Eduardo Gimeno, depicts Alfonso X “the Wise” (1221—1284), King of Castile and León. He rests his hand on a parchment of the Siete...
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She is the central figure in the famous Baroque painting Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, and the subject of many of his later paintings. Margaret Theresa of Spain...
Angelica Kauffmann was a founding member of Britain’s Royal Academy of Arts and one of the most celebrated painters of her time. Her portrayal of another professional...
Max Schödl (1834—1921) was born in Vienna and specialised in still lifes with antiques, porcelain, and objets de vertu. Max Schödl, Still Life with Antiques, 1879,...
“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ferdinand Knab, Ruins Landscape in the Evening Light, 1892, Private collection.
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