Why is this white man shown with a Black leg in this 15th-century painting? We invited Alayo Akinkugbe from @ablackhistoryofart to take a closer look at ‘The Miracle of the Black Leg' by Francesco Pesellino. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to book your free tickets to 'Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed', until 10 March 2024. #ArtHistory #NationalGallery #Exhibition #Pesellino

Wrap up warm for a visit to Muiden Castle 🏰 Join us for a closer look at Jan Beerstraaten's winter landscape. #ArtHistory #Landscape #NationalGallery

A quiet but radical British icon 🎨 Mary McMahon reveals how radical Constable's 'The Hay Wain' was at the time it was painted. Want to learn more? Give the gift of Membership this Christmas and experience our collection like never before with our new exclusive 'National Treasures' film series. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to find out more. #ArtHistory #NationalTreasures #NationalGallery #Constable #Haywain #TheHaywain

Precious survivors of the Renaissance ✨ Currently on display in Room 46 are the newly restored ‘Stories of David’ cassone panels by Renaissance great Francesco Pesellino. These long and fantastically detailed paintings depict the story of David, who started life as a shepherd boy but rose to fame and fortune through killing the giant Goliath. This panel shows David, in pink, swinging his sling, taking aim at the armoured Goliath, whose forehead is already bleeding. In the foreground David beheads the fallen giant. The painting, together with its pair ‘The Triumph of David’, were likely made to commemorate a marriage, possibly of a member of the Medici, the powerful ruling family of 15th century Florence. Swipe across to see the full panel in detail. 'Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed' is on display in Room 46 until 10 March. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to book your free ticket. #ArtHistory #Exhibition #Pesellino #NationalGallery

“Would you write her story?” Actor @wellhayley speaks to author @jessieburton about her favourite portrait by Frans Hals. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to watch Hayley and Jessie give their verdict on our Frans Hals exhibition and discuss how they create characters on both screen and on page. #NationalGallery #FransHals #JessieBurton #HayleyAtwell

Join us for a private music lesson 🎻 Johannes Vermeer died #OnThisDay in 1675. Despite his influence on art history, Vermeer made very few paintings and only around 36 survive today. 🔗 Enjoy Vermeer's portrait in your own home with a custom art print. Click the link in bio to shop now. #ArtHistory #Vermeer #Portrait #NationalGallery

The final portrait of Madame de Pompadour ✨ François-Hubert Drouais was born #OnThisDay in 1727. Join Fiona as we take a closer look at his portrait of the 18th century celebrity, Madame de Pompadour. #ArtHistory #Portrait #NationalGallery

A poet, an abolitionist and an aristocrat Poet Madeleine Le Cesne performs 'Linked Lives', inspired by the astonishing story of her family’s history at two neighbouring London galleries. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to watch Madeleine's discussion with curator Francesca Whitlum-Cooper as they explore the National Gallery archives. #ArtHistory #Poem #NationalGallery

'It felt like having the museum as a playground, in a way' - Céline Condorelli Our 2023 Artist in Residence talks us through her installation, 'Pentimenti (The Corrections)'. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to learn more. Find 'Pentimenti: The Corrections' on display in Room 31 until 7 January 2024. #NationalGallery #ContemporaryArtist #Installation #CelineCondorelli

What makes Hendrick Avercamp's paintings so popular at Christmas? ❄️ Ed takes a closer look at one of the festive favourites in our collection. 🔗 Send Avercamp's winter wonderland to your loved ones with one of our Christmas cards. Order before 18 December to get your order in time for Christmas (UK only). Click the link in our bio to shop. #ArtHistory #Christmas #Snow #NationalGallery #Avercamp

How do you clean a 600 year old painting? 🤔 Italian painter and mathematician Paolo Uccello died #OnThisDay in 1475. Join Restorer Paul Ackroyd as he talks us through some of the challenges he's encountered while working on Uccello's 15th-century painting, 'The Battle of San Romano'. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to watch the full film. #BehindTheScenes #Conservation #NationalGallery #Uccello

Can you guess the #BiggerPicture? 🤔 The artist who painted this sumptuous double portrait died #OnThisDay in 1641. His ability to evoke the textures of silk and satin was one reason his portraits were so popular with the aristocracy at the time. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to find out the answer! #ArtHistory #Portrait #NationalGallery