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EXHIBITIONBarocci: Brilliance and Grace
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| 27 February – 19 May 2013 | |
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'All I can do is plead with you to go. This is the exhibition of the year'
Richard Dorment, The Telegraph
Federico Barocci was one of the most celebrated painters of the late Italian Renaissance, a brilliant colourist and a pioneer of Baroque art.
‘Barocci: Brilliance and Grace’ showcases his stunning altarpieces, insightful portraits and innovative drawings.
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| Detail from Federico Barocci, ‘Studies for the Virgin’s hands’. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett © Volker-H. Schneider |
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| EXHIBITION |  | DISPLAY |
| Through American Eyes: Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch | | Through European Eyes: The Landscape Oil Sketch |
6 February – 28 April 2013
Admission free | | 6 February – 28 April 2013
Admission free |
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Detail from Frederic Church, ‘Sunrise’, 1862
© New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Olana State Historic Site | | Detail from Carl Blechen, The Capuchin Convent at Amalfi, about 1829. The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery © Private collection 2000. Used by permission. |
Step into a world of wild natural phenomena with the landscape oil sketches of American painter Frederic Church.
Buy catalogue | | This display of landscape oil sketches by European masters active between about 1700 and 1900 complements our Frederic Church exhibition.
Rarely intended for public display, these works appear fresh and immediate to modern eyes. |
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| NEWS | | NEWS |
| Lucian Freud says thank you to the nation with a Corot painting | | Twenty-five Italian Baroque paintings
enhance the collection |
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| Detail from Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, ‘Italian Woman’, about 1870 © The National Gallery, London | | Detail from Guido Reni, ‘The Rape of Europa’, 1637-9 © The National Gallery, London |
The late artist Lucian Freud has left a painting by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot to the nation as a thank you to Great Britain for welcoming his family when they arrived as refugees in 1933.
Come to the Gallery and see this portrait, which is a fantastic example of Corot’s later works. | | Twenty-five paintings from the private collection of Sir Denis Mahon have been transferred into the National Gallery’s collection by the Art Fund.
The paintings include works by Luca Giordano, Ludovico Carracci, Guercino, Domenichino and Guido Reni, and were already on long-term loan to the Gallery. |
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| EVENT | | YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... |
| A Longer Look: Church’s ‘Niagara Falls from the American Side’ | | Manet: Portraying Life
at the Royal Academy |
| Saturday 16 March, 10.30am–1pm | |
26 January – 14 April 2013 |
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| Detail from Frederic Edwin Church, ‘Niagara Falls, from the American Side’, 1867 © Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. Presented by John S. Kennedy 1887 | | Detail from Édouard Manet, ‘Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets’, 1872. Paris, musée d'Orsay, acquis avec la participation du Fonds du Patrimoine, de la Fondation Meyer, de China Times Group et d'un mécénat coordonné par le quotidien Nikkei, 1998 Photo © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski. |
This session explores Frederic Church's monumental landscape painting on display in the current Room 1 exhibition.
Explore the composition of this remarkable work and learn how it fits into its time and place. | | Consisting of more than 50 paintings, ‘Manet: Portraying Life’ explores the one area of Manet’s artistic output that has not been examined in exhibition form: his engagement with portraiture.
Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London with the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
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Painting of the Month:
Rachel Ruysch: ‘Flowers in a Vase’ |
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| Detail from Rachel Ruysch, ‘Flowers in a Vase’, about 1685 © The National Gallery, London |
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| How ‘still’ is this still life painting? At first glance, it appears static, but closer inspection suggests otherwise. |
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