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Special exhibition
Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London
3 March – 14 June 2020
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Closed from 29 Feb (Sat) to 16 Mar (Mon) as a preventative measure against COVID-19
→Closed until further notice.
The Olympic year obliges.
The National Gallery, London, one of the world’s greatest art galleries of Western art, will lend to the upcoming show in Japan fabulous works from its collection.
The show is phenomenal and unprecedented: for the first time in the Gallery’s near 200-year history, the largest selection of paintings will tour internationally out of Britain.
A total of 61 masterpieces from the Gallery, from the Italian Renaissance to the Post-Impressionist paintings, will come to Japan.
The National Gallery, London
photo: Phil Sayer, ©The National Gallery, LondonAmong the star attractions are Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” and “A Young Woman Seated at a Virginal” by Vermeer.
Vincent Van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Bought, Courtauld Fund, 1924
Johannes Vermeer, A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, Ca.1670-72, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Salting Bequest, 1910After the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, the show will travel to Osaka’s National Museum of Art (7 July-18 October 2020).
Highlights of the “Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London”
The show will be presented in seven parts to trace the history of Western painting, highlighting the topic of “artistic interactions between England and Europe”.
◆ Collection of the Italian Renaissance paintings
Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius, 1486, Egg and oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Presented by Lord Taunton, 1864
Paolo Uccello, Saint George and the Dragon, Ca. 1470, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Bought with a special grant and contributions from the Phillot and Temple-West Funds, 1959◆ The Golden Age of Dutch painting
Rembrandt, Self Portrait at the Age of 34, 1640, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Bought, 1861◆ Van Dyck and British portraits
Anthony van Dyck, Lady Elizabeth Thimbelby and Dorothy, Viscountess Andover, Ca. 1635, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Bought, 1977
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons, 1773, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Bequeathed by Alfred Beit, 1906
◆ The Grand Tour
Canaletto, Venice: A Regatta on the Grand Canal, Ca. 1735, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876◆ Discovery of Spanish paintings
Diego Velázquez, Kitchen Scene with Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Ca. 1618, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Bequeathed by Sir William H. Gregory, 1892
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, A Peasant Boy leaning on a Sill, Ca. 1675-80, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Presented by M.M. Zachary, 1826
◆ Landscape painting and the picturesque
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Ulysses deriding Polyphemus – Homer’s Odyssey, 1829, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Turner Bequest, 1856◆ The impact of modern French art
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, At the Theatre (La Première Sortie), 1876-7, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Bought, Courtauld Fund, 1923
Claude Monet, The Water-Lily Pond, 1899, Oil on canvas
©The National Gallery, London. Bought, 1927
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