
The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to 19th century.

The Kunsthaus Zurich began with a small social group of artists and art lovers who began meeting regularly in 1787 for friendly discussions.

The Tretyakov Gallery's historical building houses Russian art from the 11th to the early 20th century.

The Accademia Galleries, Venice, Italy house a very rich collection of venetian and european paintings from the 14th to 18th century.

There are presently seven permanent galleries in the main building of the National Museum in Warsaw.

This exhibition, organised in conjunction with the Musée du Louvre, will be one of the most important ever devoted to this great Italian painter.

The art of drawing assumed an unusually prominent role in Italy in the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

JACOPO ROBUSTI (or CANAL), better known as TINTORETTO (1519-1594), a key Italian 16th century painter.

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 brings together a group of specially comissioned works as part of the Cultural Olympiad's London 2012 Festival.

The exhibition explores the relashionships between artists and animals, from Brueghel to Jeff Koons, and includes Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Degas

More than 1,000 works of art from the Thomson Collection.

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter.

Andrea Mantegna, 1431 - 1506, was a 16th century Italian painter.

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), 1483 - 1520 was a leading Florentine painter.

Paolo Caliari Veronese, 1528 - 1588 was a leading 16th century Italian painter.

Antonio Correggio, 1489 - 1534, was a 16th century Italian artist.

Danae Receiving the Shower of Gold, 1545 - 1546, was painted by Titian and is held in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

Bacchus c. 1593 was painted by Caravaggio and is held in the Galleria degli Uffizi.

Adam and Eve, c. 1518 was painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder and is held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple, c. 1600, was painted by El Greco and is held in the National Gallery, London, UK.

Baldassare Castiglione, c. 1515 was painted by Raphael and is held in the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.