The National Gallery Tour for Kids
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The National Gallery Tour for Kids
There's something unusual in The National Gallery at night-time. Sometimes, the paintings come to life! Join Van Gogh's sunflowers as they explore some of their favourite paintings in the gallery, from dramatic battle scenes with rearing horses to god-like portraits and glittering angels. There are...
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Painting Explorers - Episode 15 (The Crucifixion by Jacobi di Cioni)
This beautiful piece of art is really, really old – it was painted in the 14th century – that’s over 600 years ago! It shows a colourful but sad scene...
Painting Explorers - Episode 14 (Tobias and the Angel)
When you look at some paintings they might look very faded or cracked. Perhaps the colours seem wrong. Take a look at Tobias and The Angel by Andrea d...
Painting Explorers - Episode 13 (The Rokeby Venus)
It's never good when a famous painting gets damaged! There are different types of damage that can affect paintings, some of them accidental, some inte...
Painting Explorers - Episode 12 (The Marquise de Seignelay)
This painting is super colourful! And it's of a very posh lady - the Marquise de Seignelay. It’s by a French artist called Pierre Mignard.
The M...
Painting Explorers - Episode 11 (The Adoration of the Shepherds)
What happens when paintings get damaged? The Adoration of the Shepherds by Guido Reni was damaged a few times on its way to the National Gallery, it h...
Painting Explorers - Episode 10 (Whistlejacket)
This painting is one of the most famous portraits in the National Gallery. It's a very life-like painting of a famous racehorse called Whistlejacket b...
Painting Explorers - Episode 9 (The Assumption of the Virgin)
This is a painting called The Assumption of the Virgin that was painted in 1475 by Francesco Botticini. It was on the wall in a burial chapel in S. Pi...
Painting Explorers - Episode 8 (Saint Michael Triumphant over the Devil)
A Bermejo painting is the subject of Episode 8!
This is called Saint Michael Triumphant over the Devil. It was painted by one Bartolomé Bermejo...
Painting Explorers - Episode 7 (Bathers at Asnières)
Episode 7 is about a very special painting, and one that’s a little bit dotty!
The Bathers at Asnieres is by a French impressionist artist call...
Painting Explorers - Episode 6 (The Fighting Temeraire)
In Episode 6 The Sunflowers have been taking a look at Turner's The Fighting Temeraire!
Joseph Mallord William Turner was a really famous artist...
Painting Explorers - Episode 5 (The Ambassadors)
Episode 5 is a painting that is packed full of things to spot! The Sunflowers are here to help you spot them.
Sometimes, if you look carefully a...
Painting Explorers - Episode 4 (Bacchus and Ariadne)
In Episode 4 The Sunflowers are checking out Bacchus and Ariadne!
This painting was one of a very famous series by Bellini, Titian and Dosso Dos...
Painting Explorers - Episode 3 (The Battle of San Romano)
In Episode 3 The Sunflowers take a look at The Battle of San Romano!
The Battle of San Romano was painted by Paolo Uccello around 1438-40, over...
Painting Explorers - Episode 2 (Suprised!)
In this episode The Sunflowers are checking out Suprised! (or Supris!)
French artist, Henri Rosseau, painted this picture of a tiger stalking a...
Painting Explorers - Episode 1
There's something unusual in The National Gallery at night-time. Sometimes, the paintings come to life! Join Van Gogh's sunflowers as they explore som...