Introduction to ‘Michelangelo: The Last Decades’
By Sarah Vowles In 1534, Michelangelo Buonarroti was 59 years old and already the most celebrated artist in Europe. He had mastered the fields of sculpture, painting and architecture, and was a gifted amateur poet. Now, as he moved from his native Florence back to Rome – where Pope Clement VII had commissioned him to […]
Curator’s Introduction | The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael
Curator Matthias Wivel presents Rapahel exhibition at The National Gallery
The Secrets of Botticelli’s Drawings
Bringing a new perspective on the beloved Renaissance artist, “Botticelli: Rhythm of the Line” reveals the central role that drawing played in Sandro Botticelli’s art and practice. This short documentary takes viewers through the streets of Florence, where the artist lived and worked, to the Uffizi galleries, home of Botticelli’s most striking masterpieces. The story […]
Andrea di Bartolo
Andrea di Bartolo was an Italian painter, active in Siena between 1389-1428. It is very probable that he was the master of Sano di Pietro. Painter and illuminator, he is first documented in 1389, in the Breve dell’Arte de’pittori senesi. He began his training in the workshop of his father, Bartolo di Fredi Cini. His […]
Canaletto: view paintings of Venice in National Gallery
Watch Associate Curator Francesca Whitlum-Cooper discuss Canaletto and his incredible view paintings of Venice, which were hugely in demand, particularly with British visitors on the Grand Tour. She focuses on Canaletto’s painting ‘The Stonemason’s Yard’, a mysterious and perhaps more unusual Venetian view from the artist.