National Gallery
art museum in London, England, UK
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Summary
National Gallery is a national gallery[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Westminster[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: national museum[5], museum[6]
- Architect: William Wilkins[7]
- Founder: Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet[8]
- Architectural style: Georgian architecture[9]
- Location: Trafalgar Square[10]
- Postal code: WC2N 5DN[11]
- Commons category: National Gallery, London[12]
- Archives at: National Gallery Research Centre[13]
- Has part(s): Room 4 The Spectacle of Portraiture: European Painting 1500–1600[14], National Gallery Research Centre[15], Room 9 Venice 1530–1600[16], Room 10 Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces around 1500[17], Room 11 Veronese's 'Four Allegories of Love'[18], Room 12[19], Room 14 Intellectual Pursuits: Painting at the Northern Italian Courts 1450–1550[20], Room 15[21], Raum 16: A New Art for a New Nation: Dutch Painting 1600–1700[22], Paintings by Rembrandt - room 22[23], Altdorfer, Cranach the Elder, Dürer - room 25[24], Room 28, National Gallery[25], Room 32 Baroque Splendour: Italian Painting 1600–1700[26], Raum 33 City of Pleasure: Painting in Venice 1700–1800[27]
- Inception: January 1, 1824[28]
- OS grid reference: TQ2996180544[29]
- Located on street: Trafalgar Square[30]
- Parent organization or unit: Board of Trustees of the National Gallery[31]
- Significant event: claim for restitution of an artwork[32]
- Official website: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:National Gallery, London[34]
- Has facility: accessible toilet[35], Changing Places toilet[36]
- Commons gallery: National Gallery, London[37]
- Director / manager: Gabriele Finaldi[38]
- Visitors per year: 6,416,724[39], 5,908,254[40], 6,262,839[41], 5,735,831[42], 6,011,007[43], 708,924[44]
Why It Matters
National Gallery is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]