The National Gallery Catalogues

Scholarly research into our collection, and bringing the results of that research to a wider public, lie at the heart of the National Gallery’s role.

The Gallery is undertaking a new cataloguing programme in which curators, scientists and conservators systematically re-examine every painting, using the latest scientific methods. This research is being published in book form in a series of collection catalogues generously supported by the Arthur and Holly Magill Foundation.

The Gallery is now also making selected entries from new catalogues available online, in advance of publication and free of charge.

Recent titles

• ‘The Italian Paintings before 1400’ by Dillian Gordon (June 2011)
  The introductory section of the catalogue, including the complete list of paintings and changed attributions, has now been published online together with two sample entries, and is also available to buy.
  
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Forthcoming titles

• ‘The Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings with French Paintings before 1600’ by Lorne Campbell
  This catalogue will present a total of 85 works, including masterpieces of the Gallery’s 16th-century Netherlandish collection (such as Bosch’s Christ Mocked, the Adoration of the Kings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and the Four Elements by Joachim Beuckelaer).
  
  The small number of 16th-century French works includes two paintings by the Master of Saint Giles, and the Meeting at the Golden Gate by the Master of Moulins and his workshop.
  
  Full catalogue entries for seven National Gallery paintings by Gossaert have been published on the website to coincide with the exhibition Jan Gossaert’s Renaissance.
  
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• 'The Nineteenth Century Paintings, Volume I' by Sarah Herring
  Read some of the research on Corot's paintings ahead of publication. The new information on Corot's paintings was researched and written by Sarah Herring, Assistant Curator of 19th century Painting at the National Gallery.

Titles already published in the new series of National Gallery catalogues

• ‘The British Paintings‘ by Judy Egerton.
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• ‘The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings’ by Lorne Campbell.
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• ‘The Fifteenth Century Italian Paintings Volume I’ by Dillian Gordon.
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• ‘The Seventeenth Century French Paintings’ by Humphrey Wine.
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• ‘The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings Volume I: Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona’ by Nicholas Penny.
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• ‘The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings Volume II: Venice 1540–1600’ by Nicholas Penny.
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