30 highlight paintings

The National Gallery houses one of the finest collections of Western European paintings in the world. This selection of 30 highlights includes some of the Gallery's best-loved works.

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Preview	Paintings	Artist name
	A Young Woman standing at a Virginal Johannes Vermeer about 1670-2	Johannes Vermeer, 1632 - 1675
	Bacchus and Ariadne Titian 1520-3	Titian, active about 1506; died 1576
	Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses) Paul Cézanne about 1894-1905	Paul Cézanne, 1839 - 1906
	Bathers at Asnières Georges Seurat 1884	Georges Seurat, 1859 - 1891
	Bathers at La Grenouillère Claude-Oscar Monet 1869	Claude-Oscar Monet, 1840 - 1926
	Doge Leonardo Loredan Giovanni Bellini 1501-2	Giovanni Bellini, active about 1459; died 1516
	Equestrian Portrait of Charles I Anthony van Dyck about 1637-8	Anthony van Dyck, 1599 - 1641
	Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame François-Hubert Drouais 1763-4	François-Hubert Drouais, 1727 - 1775
	Madame Moitessier Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1856	Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1780 - 1867
	Mr and Mrs Andrews Thomas Gainsborough about 1750	Thomas Gainsborough, 1727 - 1788
	Samson and Delilah Peter Paul Rubens about 1609-10	Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 - 1640
	Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula Claude 1641	Claude, 1604/5? - 1682
	Self Portrait at the Age of 34 Rembrandt 1640	Rembrandt, 1606 - 1669
	Sunflowers Vincent van Gogh 1888	Vincent van Gogh, 1853 - 1890
	The Adoration of the Kings Jan Gossaert 1510-15	Jan Gossaert, active 1503; died 1532
	The Ambassadors Hans Holbein the Younger 1533	Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497/8 - 1543
	The Arnolfini Portrait Jan van Eyck 1434	Jan van Eyck, active 1422; died 1441
	The Baptism of Christ Piero della Francesca 1450s	Piero della Francesca, about 1415/20 - 1492
	The Battle of San Romano Paolo Uccello probably about 1438-40	Paolo Uccello, about 1397 - 1475
	The Entombment Michelangelo about 1500-1	Michelangelo, 1475 - 1564
	The Fighting Temeraire Joseph Mallord William Turner 1839	Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775 - 1851
	The Hay Wain John Constable 1821	John Constable, 1776 - 1837
	The Madonna of the Pinks ('La Madonna dei Garofani') Raphael about 1506-7	Raphael, 1483 - 1520
	The Stonemason's Yard Canaletto about 1725	Canaletto, 1697 - 1768
	The Supper at Emmaus Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1601	Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1571 - 1610
	The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus') Diego Velázquez 1647-51	Diego Velázquez, 1599 - 1660
	The Virgin of the Rocks from Panels from the S. Francesco Altarpiece, Milan Leonardo da Vinci about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8	Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 - 1519
	The Wilton Diptych English or French (?) about 1395-9	English or French
	Venus and Mars Sandro Botticelli about 1485	Sandro Botticelli, about 1445 - 1510
	Whistlejacket George Stubbs about 1762	George Stubbs, 1724 - 1806

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