Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Il Palazzo Ducale e il Molo dal Bacino di San Marco (Venice: The Doge’s Palace and the Molo from the Basin of San Marco) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 58.1 × 76.4 cm National Gallery, London Guardi delighted in capturing…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) La Punta della Dogana con S. Maria della Salute (Venice: The Punta della Dogana with S. Maria della Salute) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 56.2 × 75.9 cm National Gallery, London The huge dome of the church of S.…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) & Workshop Pentecoste (Pentecost) c.1310–1318 Egg tempera on poplar, 45.5 × 44 cm National Gallery, London The simplicity of the storytelling, the inclusion of lively details – like the old man who turns his head to better hear the…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on poplar, 88.9 × 57.8 cm National Gallery, London The Christ Child looks up at the Virgin Mary, raising the index finger of his right hand as though he…
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Cheval effrayé par la foudre (A Horse frightened by Lightning) c.1813–1814 Oil on canvas, 48.9 × 60.3 cm National Gallery, London Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault was a keen horseman, and his passion for horses was matched by his expert understanding…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna Quaratesi (Madonna and Child with Angels) 1425 Tempera on wood, 139.9 × 83 cm National Gallery, London On loan from His Majesty The King This panel formed the centre of an altarpiece commissioned by a member…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Un vase de fleurs (A Vase of Flowers) 1896 Oil on canvas, 64 × 74 cm National Gallery, London Gauguin painted this still life soon after he had arrived in Tahiti for his second and final stay in…
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 Oil on canvas, 92.1 × 70.5 cm National Gallery, London This is the earliest known self portrait in oil by Gainsborough, and the only known one of him with…
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Psyché montrant à ses soeurs les présents de l’amour (Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid) 1753 Oil on canvas, 168.3 × 192.4 cm National Gallery, London This painting illustrates an episode from the classical story of Cupid…
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Une assiette de pommes (A Plate of Apples) 1861 Oil on canvas, 20 × 26.4 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Mrs Edwin Edwards 1907. This work was painted while Fantin-Latour was visiting Mr and Mrs…