36. BRONZINO, Agnolo
Venus, Cupid and Time (Allegory
of Lust)
1540-45
Oil on wood, 147 x 117 cm
National Gallery, London
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BRONZINO, Agnolo
Venus, Cupid and Time (Allegory
of Lust)
1540-45
Oil on wood, 147 x 117 cm
National Gallery, London
38. BRONZINO, Agnolo
Venus, Cupid and Time
(Allegory of Lust)
1540-45
Oil on wood, 147 x 117 cm
National Gallery, London
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39. The National Gallery in London is a national collection of European paintings
from c. 1300 to c. 1900 (it also includes a few earlier pictures and has recently
started to acquire works from the early 20th century).
It was founded in 1824 when the government purchased thirty-eight paintings
from the collection of John Julius Angerstein, a merchant who died in 1823.
They were first displayed in his former house at 100 Pall Mall. Further bequests
(including that of Sir George Beaumont) soon necessitated larger premises,
and the present building in Trafalgar Square, designed by William Wilkins, was
opened in 1838; the gallery shared the premises with the Royal Academy until
1869, by which time it had grown into one of the great collections of the world.
Since then there have been various enlargements of the building and in 1991 a
major extension was opened - the Sainsbury Wing, the gift of Sir John, Simon.
and Timothy Sainsbury. This wing now houses the gallery's early paintings, up
to about 1510.