National Gallery, London

The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. It holds the National Collection of Art from 1250 to 1900 (subsequent art from the National Collection is housed in Tate Modern). Some British art is included, but the National Collection of British art from this period is mainly in Tate Britain. The collection of 2,300 paintings belongs to the British public, and entry to the main collection is free, though there are charges for entry to special exhibitions.

The Collection

Paintings in the National Gallery include:

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• The Wilton Diptych
• Paolo Uccello, The Battle of San Romano
• Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait
• Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars
• Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks, Cartoon of The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist
• Raphael, Pope Julius II, The Madonna of the Pinks
• Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne
• Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors
• Agnolo Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
• Joachim Beuckelaer, Four Elements
• Frans Hals, Vanitas
• Diego Velázquez, 'The Rokeby Venus'
• Rembrandt van Rijn, Belshazzar's Feast, two self portraits
• Willem Drost, Portrait of a Young Woman with her Hands Folded on a Book
• Canaletto, A Regatta on the Grand Canal, The Stonemason's Yard
• William Hogarth, Marriage à-la-Mode
• George Stubbs, Whistlejacket
• Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs Andrews
• Joseph Wright, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Mr and Mrs Thomas Coltman
• J. M. W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire, Rain, Steam and Speed
• John Constable, The Hay Wain
• Paul Cézanne, Les Grandes Beigneuses
• Claude Monet, The Water-Lily Pond, The Thames Below Westminster
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Umbrellas, Boating on the Seine
• Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières
• Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, Van Gogh's Chair