Went to the Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery. Saw some exquisite paintings, a few beautiful studies in ink. Interesting seeing the study and finished painting side by side too. #art#vangogh#nationalgallery

Och nöö. #vangogh#nationalgallery

“Sunt lacrimae rerum...” Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), poet of Ancient Rome, whose epic Aeneid inspired Western art & literature, died #OTD 19 BC. Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672, by Claude Lorrain @NationalGallery

THE DEMONS OFFEND ANTHONY with sacrilege upon sacrilege. Here the Eucharist is mocked: normally a priest holds up the wafer, on Bosch’s painting it’s a little monster holding a magic egg in its hands- L: from St.Denis 7c #NationalGallery#MNAALisbon

Anyone in the DC area now or sometime before mid-January this impressionism exhibit at the National Gallery looks awesome #art#NationalGallery#impressionism

So tempted to get over my travel anxiety and visit this exhibit! What a massive treat in so many ways! #vangogh#art#London#nationalgallery#sunflowers

The Guardian view on the new Van Gogh show: a chance to fully see Vincent | Editorial

Editorial: Forget the mugs and jigsaws – nothing compares to seeing the original masterpieces

Actually I love this Don’t think it’s unhinged having contributed to the building from their own funds, they kept their desire to control quiet, simply left a note for a future time celebrating removal of something they disliked Appeals to my sense of decorum & humour🤷‍♂️ Am I alone? #nationalgallery

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The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

Man with a blue quilted sleeve, c 1510, masterpiece by Titian, greatest Renaissance artist of Venetian school, died #OTD 1576; inspired Rembrandt’s self-portrait of 1640. @NationalGallery

Portrait of Whistlejacket: acclaimed 18th Century thoroughbred racehorse, owned by the Marquess of Rockingham & mentioned in Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer; painted life-size c. 1762 by George Stubbs, English equine artist, born #OTD 1724. @NationalGallery

Mystic marriage of St Catherine: Virgin & child enthroned, with saints & donor in an enclosed garden, symbolic of Mary’s virginity, with views of Bruges beyond; oil on panel c. 1510, painted by Gerard David, early Netherlandish painter influenced by Hans Memling, died #OTD 1523. @NationalGallery