The National Gallery

17th Century

 Room 18: Find the famous Cardinal represented on two paintings

Cardinal de Richelieu

 Room 20: What sort of paintings are in this room? Landscapes

 Rooms 23/24:

Who is represented on Self portrait at the age of 63? Rembrandt

Find a similar title in the other room: Self Portrait at the age of 34

 Rooms 25:

  • Find a rectangular box:
  • Name and date: The Peepshow
  • What can you see inside? : the inside of a house
  • Find this painting

NAME / ARTIST / YEAR
/ A Young Woman standing at a Virginal / Johannes Vermeer / 1670-2
DOMINANT COLOURS / OBJECTS
blue, white/beige / a chair, paintings, a music instrument

 Room 29: Find these paintings

NAME / ARTIST / YEAR
/ Le Chapeau de Paille / Rubens / 1622-5
/ Samson and Delilah / Rubens / 1609-10

 Room 30: Find

a. 2 paintings representing Jesus Christ:

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ / de Ribera / 1620
Christ contemplated by the Christian soul / Velasquez / 1628-9

b. 1 painting representing the Virgin Mary:

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
The Immaculate Conception with two donors / de Valdes Leal / 1661

 Rooms 32/37: Find the painters’ nationality in these rooms and the name of the most represented painter

ItalianCaracci

18th and 19th Centuries

 Room 33: Find the painters’ nationality in this room and name three artists

FrenchLancret, Fragonard, Chardin, Boucher, Detroy...

 Room 34:

  • Find this painting

NAME / ARTIST / YEAR
/ The Hay Wain / John Constable / 1821
  • Find a painting with just an animal on it:
  • What animal is it? A horse
  • What is the name of this painting? Whistlejacket
  • Who painted it? When? George Stubbs / 1762
  • What is surprising? (look at the background)

There is no background / The background is neutral.

 Room 35:

  • What is the name of Hogarth’s series of six paintings: Marriage-a-la-mode
  • Find the first painting of the series:
  • Name: The Marriage Settlement
  • How many characters: 7
  • How many paintings on the wall: 9
  • Find a painting with a couple and their dog:

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
Mr. And Mrs. Andrews / T. Gainsborough / 1750

 Room 36: Find the portrait of a Queen

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
Queen Charlotte / Lawrence / 1789

 Room 38: Find

  • a painting with one of the most famous English schools

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
Eton College / Canaletto / 1754
  • the city most represented on the paintings: Venice

 Room 39: Find a scene with people eating outside on the grass

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
A Picnic / de Goya / 1785-90

 Room 42: What do all the paintings in this room have in common?

They all represent women.

 Room 43: Which famous movement did the painters in this room belong to?

Impressionism

Name four famous painters from this movement:

Monet, Manet, Renoir, Sisley...

 Room 44:

  • Find a painting with the most famous monument in London

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
The Thames below Westminster / Monet / 1871
  • What is the largest painting in this room?

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
Bathers at Asnieres / Seurat / 1884

 Room 45: Find

  • 2 paintings representing flower bouquets:

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
A Vase of Flowers / Gauguin / 1896
Sunflowers / Van Gogh / 1888
  • 2 paintings representing animals:

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
Surprised / Rousseau / 1891
Two Crabs / Van Gogh / 1889
  • 2 paintings representing fruits:

PAINTING / ARTIST / YEAR
Still Life with Mangoes / Gauguin / 1891
Bowl of Fruit and Tankard before a Window / Gauguin / 1890