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'Rembrandt: The Late Works': A Resource for Art Teachers

To celebrate the National Gallery’s exhibition ‘Rembrandt: The Late Works’, this resource for art teachers explores portraits by Rembrandt, painted towards the end of his career.

Women's History Month

Celebrate women in the collection with events, features and films

Festival, Talks & conversations

Picasso Ingres: Face to Face

3 June – 9 October 2022

Past exhibition

Unexpected views: Andy Holden on Murillo's 'Self Portrait'

Take a journey through artist and musician Andy’s reflections on self image, illusion, meta-painting and cartoon realities... all in connection to Murillo’s 'Self Portrait'.

Video (part of a series), suitable for key stage 3, key stage 4 and key stage 5

In the August 2007 podcast, Professor Chris McManus explains what happens in our brains when we look at a painting. Hear about Rembrandt's famous painting of surgeons dissecting a corpse in the 'Dutch Portraits' exhibition. Also learn how Croydon GPs have been using the Gallery's masterpieces to diagnose illness.

10-minute talks: Botticelli's 'Portrait of a Young Man'

Laura Llewellyn, Associate Curator of Renaissance Paintings, asks the question, is this anonymous person someone Botticelli knew or perhaps only imagined?

Video (part of a series), suitable for key stage 3, key stage 4 and key stage 5

10-minute talks: Murillo's 'Self Portrait'

CEEH Curatorial Fellow in Spanish Paintings Daniel Sobrino Ralston goes behind the frame

Video (part of a series), suitable for key stage 3, key stage 4 and key stage 5

The Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany and his Wife

Justus Sustermans

Scratch the Surface

20 July - 30 November 2007

Past exhibition

Sir William Boxall