Drawing the Italian Renaissance
Drawing the Italian Renaissance: How artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo & Raphael worked During the Italian Renaissance, generally held to be the period 1400 – 1600, drawing became a much more important part of an artist’s creative process. With paper becoming cheaper as a result of the book printing revolution in the 1500s, an […]
Behind the Scenes at a Transfer of Early Renaissance Works at the National Gallery
Curator Laura Llewellyn works with art handlers to arrange and hang a selection of 15th-century Italian paintings in Room 14. The Sainsbury Wing galleries have closed for the time being, to keep the collections safe while building work is carried to mark our bicentenary and transform our visitor welcome. To ensure treasured paintings from the […]