Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London: online guided exhibition tour

From 18 June 2020 to 31 January 2021, the first ever large-scale exhibition drawn from the collection of London’s National Gallery and presented outside of the UK, will take place at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo and the National Museum of Art, Osaka. Through an extensive selection of 61 masterpieces from the gallery’s collection, all shown in Japan for the first time, the exhibition gives an overview of the history of European painting by exploring the reciprocal relationship between British and continental European art. In this online tour, Christine Riding, the Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department at the National Gallery, London, guides us through highlights of the exhibition, arranged in seven chapters. This video has closed captions. To turn on closed captions, click on the subtitles and CC button in the player's bottom toolbar when it appears (scroll over the video for it to appear). ======= Tour guided by: Christine Riding (The Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department, The National Gallery, London) Yusuke Kawase (Curator, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo) Works introduced in the tour: Chapter 1: Collecting the Italian Renaissance Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius, 1486 Chapter 2: Dutch Painting of the Golden Age Johannes Vermeer, A Young Woman seated at a Virginal, About 1670–72 Chapter 3: Van Dyck and British Portraiture Anthony van Dyck, Lady Elizabeth Thimbelby and Dorothy, Viscountess Andover, About 1635 Chapter 4: The Grand Tour Canaletto, Venice: A Regatta on the Grand Canal, About 1735 Chapter 5: The Discovery of Spain Francisco de Goya, The Duke of Wellington, 1812–14 Chapter 6: Landscape and the Picturesque Joseph Mallord William Turner, Ulysses deriding Polyphemus – Homer’s Odyssey, 1829 Chapter 7: French Modern Art in Britain Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888 (Filmed 2 March 2020 at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo) ======= Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London Dates/Venues: Thursday 18 June – Sunday 18 October 2020 The National Museum of Western Art (Ueno, Tokyo) * Visitors are required to book a time slot. Please check the official website https://artexhibition.jp/london2020/o... for information on how to book your visit. Tuesday 3 November 2020 – Sunday 31 January 2021 The National Museum of Art (Nakanoshima, Osaka) Exhibition outline (British Council website): https://www.britishcouncil.jp/en/uk-j... Exhibition official website: https://artexhibition.jp/london2020/o...