Edinburgh - National Gallery of Scotland

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The National Gallery, the work of Playfair, contains Scotland's biggest collection of European paintings and sculptures, beginning with the Renaissance and even including some Post-Impressionists. Prince Albert laid the foundation stone for the building in 1850 and it was opened in 1859.

Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections; Major world-scale museum

National Gallery of Scotland Highlights

National Gallery of Modern Art

To the southwest by Belford Road, the Neo-classical National Gallery of Modern Art, which was opened in 1984, displays paintings by Henry Matisse, George Braque, Paul Klee, Otto Dix and Pablo

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Dutch and Flemish Collection

Dutch and Flemish art of the 17th century occupy galleries 6,7 and 9 with portraits by Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Rubens' "Reconciliation between Jacob and Esau", a landscape by Ruesdael,

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Exhibitions

Gallery 8 in the National Gallery of Scotland is reserved for touring exhibitions, but every January there is a display of watercolors by William Turner. Because of their sensitivity to light, they can be displayed only in the winter.

Gainsborough collection

Galleries 10 to 12 (18th/19th century) house portraits by Gainsborough, the Anglo-American Benjamin West and Raeburn (including his portrait of "Reverend Robert Walker" skating on Duddingston Loch)

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New Wing

The New Wing, opened in 1978, is devoted to Scottish painting and display works by the landscape painter Sir William McTaggart ("The Storm"), portraits by Sir James Guthrie and by Allan Ramsay the

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Renaissance Collection

Masterpieces on the first floor of the National Gallery of Scotland include some Renaissance altar paintings and Raffael's "Madonna", in addition to some works by European masters from the 18th and

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Savior of the World

The highlights of galleries 3 and 4 are El Greco's "Savior of the World", a portrait of a woman by the 19-year-old Velázquez and Claude Lorraine's "Apollo and the Muse".

Seven Sacraments

Gallery 5 contains Nicholas Poussin's "Seven Sacraments".

Venetian collection

Galleries 1 and 2 on the ground floor display work by Venetian artists of the 16th century including Jacopo Bassano's "The Adoration of the Kings" as well as Titian's "The Three Ages of Man" and "Diana and Acteaon".

Do-It-Yourself Tours

Edinburgh New Town Walking Tour

Address

National Gallery of Scotland / Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Mound
Edinburgh EH2 2EL
United Kingdom

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/index.asp

Hours



Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	17:00	17:00	17:00	19:00	17:00	17:00	17:00

Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)