Jan Molenaer's painting 'Two Boys and a Girl Making Music' is the inspiration for the 2007 Take One Picture exhibition. Now in its 12th year, Take One Picture is the National Gallery's countrywide scheme for primary schools. The exhibition is on view through 1 July 2007.
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For the first time ever, a major exhibition will trace the development of Dutch portrait painting in the 17th century. It will be on view from 27 June to 16 September 2007 at National Gallery, London.
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'Manet to Picasso: A Redisplay of Modern Masters from the National Gallery Collection' has become the most popular free display in National Gallery history. 590,433 visitors have enjoyed the Sainsbury Wing installation since it opened on 22 September 2006, beating the previous record of 572,244 visitors to 'London's Monets', back in 1996.
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The National Gallery has acquired 'The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio' by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1740s, probably 1747), one of the artist's most extraordinary depictions of contemporary life.
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In 2005, Tim Gardner, a 33-year-old Canadian artist, had the opportunity to spend a few months exploring the National Gallery collection whilst working in the artist's studio here. This exhibition showcases the paintings he produced as a result of that experience.
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The National Gallery's 'Velázquez' exhibition will close on Sunday 21 January 2007. For those who have not yet been, there is still an opportunity to see this extraordinary exhibition of more than 40 paintings by the celebrated Spanish master.
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The National Gallery's Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Early Modern works are amongst its most popular paintings. The rooms in which they currently hang are always full of visitors for whom Seurat's 'Bathers at Asnières' and Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' are 'destination' pictures. These are works of such fame and importance that art lovers from around the world make their way to Trafalgar Square to stand in front of them.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted landscapes throughout his life, but during the first two decades of his long career they played an essential role as an area of experimentation and enabled the artist to hone his painting skills.
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The sixth National Gallery touring exhibition in partnership with Bristol's Museums, Galleries and Archives Service and Tyne & Wear Museums at Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery, from 27 January to 15 April 2007, at Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon Tyne, from 28 April to 15 July 2007, at National Gallery, London, from 26 July to 14 October 2007.
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