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Celebrating the collection of paintings in the National Gallery in London, this survey of art covers Flemish, Florentine, French Impressionist, and other great painters and movements.

History of art / art & design styles.

The Companion Guide introduces art lovers to one of the richest and most representative collections of Western European paintings in the world, including famous works by Piero della Francesca, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velaquez, Ingres, Degas and many others and works by less familiar artists.

The National Gallery, London, holds one of the world's richest and most comprehensive collections of European paintings from the 13th century to 1900. The Complete Illustrated Catalogue, first published in 1995, provides concise, systematic and up-to-date information on every work owned by the National Gallery and on permanent or long term loan, and is an essential work of reference for scholars in art history, students, teachers, picture researchers and anyone professionally concerned with the art world. This expanded edition of the catalogue includes an appendix of over 100 paintings acquired by the National Gallery since the book was last printed in 1996. It contains more than 2,300 entries, organised alphabetically by artist and giving the date, attribution, inventory number, support, medium and dimensions for every work, and concise, authoritative text on the subject matter, origins, function and provenance, with bibliographical references. There is a brief biography for each artist, a bibliography of major studies of the collection, and a detailed subject index. For general readers, the quality and chronological range of the National Gallery's Collection makes the Catalogue a