Joachim Wtewael The Judgment of Paris 1615 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Paolo Veronese The Family of Darius before Alexander the Great ca. 1565-67 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Johannes Vermeer Young Woman standing at a Virginal ca. 1670 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Anthony van Dyck St Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral ca. 1619-20 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Titian Noli me tangere ca. 1511 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Bartholomeus Spranger Adoration of the Magi ca. 1595 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Sebastiano del Piombo Portrait of a Lady ca. 1525 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Roelant Savery Orpheus playing to the Animals 1628 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Peter Paul Rubens Abduction of the Sabine Women ca. 1635-40 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Parmigianino Portrait of a Collector ca. 1523 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
Bartolomé Murillo Christ healing the Paralyzed Man at the Pool of Bethesda ca. 1667-70 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Le Nain Brothers Family at Table ca. 1643 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Luca Giordano Homage to Velázquez ca. 1692-1700 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Corrado Giaquinto Moses and the Serpent of Bronze 1743-44 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
Il Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi) Agony in the Garden ca. 1520-30 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
"Shall we remind ourselves of the earlier history of this picture?"
– Anthony Blunt, overheard addressing a group of nine-year-olds in the National Gallery (quoted from memory by Alan Bennett, in Keeping On Keeping On: Diaries, 2005-2015 – New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)