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Orientalism is a fluid, complex, and contentious term. French in origin, it describes 19th-century paintings depicting North African and Middle Eastern scenes. Many of these paintings reflected French and more broadly Western stereotypes of the su...

Claude's 'Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba': Picture of the month October 2024

Melissa Baksh shares her thoughts on depictions of the Queen of Sheba in artworks throughout history

By Melissa Baksh

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Two hundred years of women benefactors at the National Gallery: an exercise in mapping uncharted territory

The article sheds fresh light on women who have been important benefactors to the National Gallery from its foundation in 1824 to 2024.

A Struggle in a Desert

Allegory of the Continent of Asia

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

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The Four Times of Day

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Avignon from the West

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Two Panels made for the Duke of Urbino

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The Four Elements

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Gustave Guillaumet