Collection of the National Gallery, London

The National Gallery is the primary British national public art gallery, sited on Trafalgar Square, in central London. It is home to one of the world's greatest collections of Western European paintings. Founded in 1824, from an initial purchase of 36 paintings by the British Government, its collections have since grown to about 2,300 paintings by roughly 750 artists dating from the mid-13th century to 1900, most of which are on display. This page lists some of the highlights of the collection.

For the list of all named painters in the collection and their works, see Catalogue of paintings in the National Gallery, London.

Frans Hals, Young Man with a Skull c. (1626–28)

Rembrandt, A Woman Bathing in a Stream, (1655)

Aelbert Cuyp - Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede (1658–60)

Pieter de Hooch - The Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658)

Rembrandt, Portrait of Jacob Trip, (1661)

Jan Steen - Skittle Players outside an Inn (1660-3)

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait, (1669)

Johannes Vermeer - A Young Woman seated at a Virginal (1670-2)

Meindert Hobbema - The Avenue at Middelharnis(1689)

Rembrandt, The Woman taken in Adultery, 1644

Rembrandt, Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume, 1635

Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh's Chair, 1888

Gerard David, The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor, probably 1510

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