Collection of the National Gallery, London

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REMBRANDT van Rijn - Belshazzar's Feast (1635)
REMBRANDT van Rijn - Belshazzar's Feast (1635)
VERMEER, Johannes - A Young Woman standing at a Virginal (1670-2)
VERMEER, Johannes - A Young Woman standing at a Virginal (1670-2)
VAN DYCK, Anthony - Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (1637-8)
VAN DYCK, Anthony - Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (1637-8)
RUBENS, Peter Paul - Samson and Delilah (1609-10)
RUBENS, Peter Paul - Samson and Delilah (1609-10)
SEURAT, Georges-Pierre - Bathers at Asnières (1884)
SEURAT, Georges-Pierre - Bathers at Asnières (1884)
GOGH, Vincent van - Sunflowers (1888)
GOGH, Vincent van - Sunflowers (1888)
HOLBEIN, Hans - The Ambassadors (1533)
HOLBEIN, Hans - The Ambassadors (1533)
VINCI, Leonardo da - The Virgin of the Rocks (1495-1508)
VINCI, Leonardo da - The Virgin of the Rocks (1495-1508)
MICHELANGELO, Buonarroti - The Entombment (1500-01)
MICHELANGELO, Buonarroti - The Entombment (1500-01)
RAPHAEL, (Raffaello Sanzio) - The Madonna of the Pinks ('La Madonna dei Garofani') (1506-07)
RAPHAEL, (Raffaello Sanzio) - The Madonna of the Pinks ('La Madonna dei Garofani') (1506-07)
VELAZQUEZ, Diego - Rokeby Venus (1647-51)
VELAZQUEZ, Diego - Rokeby Venus (1647-51)

The National Gallery, London is home to one of the world's greatest and arguably the most comprehensive collections of Western European paintings. Founded in 1824, from an initial purchase of 36 paintings by the British Government, its collections have since grown to over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900, many of which are on display in its home on Trafalgar Square. This page lists some of the highlights of the collection.

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[edit] Paintings, Prints and Drawings

Dutch School

English School

Flemish School

French School

German School

Italian School

Spanish School

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[edit] Paintings

Dutch Paintings

CUYP, Aelbert Cuyp - Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede (1658-60)

HOBBEMA, Meyndert - The Avenue at Middelharnis (1689)

HOOCH, Pieter de - The Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658)

STEEN, Jan - Skittle Players outside an Inn (1660-3)

VERMEER, Johannes - A Young Woman seated at a Virginal (1670-2)
English Paintings

CONSTABLE, John - The Hay Wain (1821)

HOGARTH, William - Marriage à-la-mode (1743)

GAINSBOROUGH, Thomas - Mr and Mrs Andrews (1750)

TURNER, J.M.W - The Fighting Temeraire (1839)
Flemish Paintings

DYCK, Anthony van - The Emperor Theodosius is forbidden by Saint Ambrose to enter Milan Cathedral (1619-20)

EYCK, Jan Van - The Arnolfini Portrait (1434)

RUBENS, Peter Paul - The Judgement of Paris (1632-5)

TENIERS the Younger, David - Peasants at Archery (1645)
French Paintings

CHAMPAIGNE, Philippe de - Cardinal de Richelieu (1633-40)

GELLEE, Claude - Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula (1641)

POUSSIN, Nicolas - A Bacchanalian Revel before a Term (1632-3)

RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste - The Umbrellas (1881-6)
Italian Paintings

BELLINI, Giovanni - The Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501-4)

BOTTICELLI, Sandro - Venus and Mars (1485)

CANALETTO, Giovanni Antonio - The Stonemason's Yard (1726-30)

CARAVAGGIO, Michelangelo Merisi da - The Supper at Emmaus (1601)

LEONARDO, da Vinci - The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist (1499-1500)

MICHELANGELO Buonarroti - 'The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Angels ('The Manchester Madonna')' (1497)

RAPHAEL, (Raffaello Sanzio) - Portrait of Pope Julius II (Raphael) (1511)

TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista - An Allegory with Venus and Time (1754-8)

TINTORETTO, Jacopo - The Origin of the Milky Way (1575)

TITIAN - Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23)

UCCELLO, Paolo| - The Battle of San Romano (1438-40)

VERONESE, Paolo - The Family of Darius before Alexander (1565-70)
Spanish Paintings

El GRECO - Christ driving the Traders from the Temple (1600)

GOYA, Francisco de - Doña Isabel de Porcel (1805)

MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban - The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities ('The Pedroso Murillo') (1675-82)

VELÁZQUEZ, Diego - Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618)

ZURBARÁN, Francisco de - Saint Francis in Meditation (1639) of Martha and Mary (1618)

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Museums with major collections of Western European & American Paintings Paintings (mid-13th century to 20C)
  1. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
    16,783 paintings [1]
  2. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
    11,900 paintings [1]
  3. Royal Collection, London, UK
    7,000 paintings [2]
  4. Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
    6,000 paintings [3]
  5. National Museum of Serbia , Belgrade , Serbia
    5,600 paintings and around 8,400 drawings and prints [4]
  6. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    5,500 paintings [5]
  7. Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
    5,033 paintings [6]
  8. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
    4,800 paintings [7]
  9. Tate Collection, London, UK
    4,442 paintings [8]
  10. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
    4,000 paintings [9]
  11. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
    3,200 paintings [10]
  12. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
    3,000 paintings [11]
  13. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
    3,000 paintings [12]
  14. Das Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
    2,700 paintings [13]
  15. National Gallery, London, UK
    2,300 paintings [14]
  16. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
    2,200 paintings [15]
  17. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
    2,000 paintings [16]
  18. Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA
    1,900 paintings [17]
  19. Accademia Carrara di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
    1,800 paintings [18]
  1. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
    1697 paintings (inc. 200 paintings from Christ Church Picture Gallery) [19] [20]
  2. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
    1,600 paintings [21]
  3. Gräflich Lambergsche Gemählde-Gallerie, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria
    1,600 paintings [22]
  4. Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, Austria
    1,500 paintings [23]
  5. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
    1,400 paintings [24]
  6. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
    1,200 paintings [25]
  7. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
    1,181 paintings [26]
  8. Fogg Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA
    1,100 paintings [27]
  9. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
    1,011 paintings [28]
  10. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
    1,000 paintings [29]
  11. Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
    1,000 paintings [30]
  12. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Connecticut, USA
    900 paintings [31]
  13. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, USA
    900 paintings [32]
  14. Le Musée Condé, Chantilly, France
    850 paintings [33]
  15. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
    800 paintings [34]
  16. Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
    800 paintings [35]
  1. Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome, Italy
    800 paintings [36]
  2. Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
    800 paintings [37]
  3. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany
    750 paintings [38]
  4. Wallace Collection, London, UK
    650 paintings [39]
  5. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
    644 paintings [40]
  6. Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
    530 paintings [41]
  7. Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
    500 paintings [42]
  8. Vatican Museums, Vatican City
    460 Paintings (ex. Raphael Stanze, Sistine Chapel) [43]
  9. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
    450 paintings [44]
  10. Musée National Picass, Paris, France
    250 paintings (small selection of work by other artists) [45]
  11. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    200 paintings [46]
  12. Notable Exceptions (lack of information):
    Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
    The Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
    Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
    Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France
    Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, France
    Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paris, France
    Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Germany
    Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
    Palazzo Spada, Rome, Italy
    Gallerie dell'Accadenia, Venice, Italy
    Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy
    Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy
    Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy
    Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy
    Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
    Museo Civico di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy
    Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, Italy
    Galleria nazionale di Parma, Parma, Italy
    Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia, Italy
    Museo nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa, Italy
    São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil
    n.b. it should be noted that this list is controversial, in so far as it contains only quantitative analysis of museum holdings. These may or may not reflect actual artistic quality of collections in question.