Experience the final painting of Caravaggio & explore our latest batch of talks, courses & stories
The Last Caravaggio:18 April – 21 July 2024
Experience the intimacy and the power of Caravaggio's last-ever painting, 'The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula' (1610, Gallerie d’Italia, Naples) in London for the first time in 20 years. We witness violence at uncomfortably close quarters. Caravaggio shows us an intricate interplay of guilty and innocent hands. And his own self portrait looks on, helpless.
We'll display this painting with the letter that describes its creation (Archivio di Stato, Naples), and our own late Caravaggio, 'Salome with the Head of John the Baptist' (about 1609–10).
The Last Caravaggio | Exhibitions | National Gallery, London
In focus: Rembrandt: Thursday 11 April 2024, 5.30 pm, online
Explore the vibrant life and work of Rembrandt, against the background of Amsterdam's wealth and prosperity in the 17th century.Not only a master painter, Rembrandt was also a genius printmaker and highly accomplished draughtsman. The range of his work was enormous; from grand group portraits, such as 'The Night Watch' (1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), and formal depictions of Amsterdam’s wealthy merchants, to intimate pictures of his family; from paintings of biblical subjects to a series of telling self portraits that act as a revealing autobiography. Our detailed knowledge of Rembrandt’s life story – early success, financial troubles, widowerhood and loss of children – make the richness of his painted legacy even more compelling.
In focus: Rembrandt | Events container | National Gallery, London
Stories of art: 1700-1800 - online only
Every Wednesday from 17 April – 22 May – 5.30 pm
Discover the dynamic and complex art of the Rococo to the Enlightenment, with works by Gainsborough, Stubbs, Canaletto and more. It will take in the frivolity and humour of the Rococo, the profound impact of the discovery and dissemination of Roman and Greek statuary, debates over the relative merits of national art styles, particularly in Britain, the waning influence of royal and aristocratic patronage in the face of a rapidly rising middle class and the relative austerity of Neoclassical art.
Stories of art: 1700-1800 | Events container | National Gallery, London
Introducing a new painting: Poussin's 'Eucharist' - View time: 2:55
Nicolas Poussin | Eucharist | NG6700 | National Gallery, London
Head of Conservation Larry Keith and curator Dr Francesca Whitlum-Cooper introduce our new painting, 'Eucharist' (about 1637‒40) by 17th-century French artist Nicolas Poussin, and discuss the painting's recent conservation treatment.
Further Information: The National Gallery, London