National Gallery Of Art, 2

It took us two tries, but we finally got out of the Sainsbury Wing (Medieval and Renaissance paintings) at the National Gallery, and future visits will occur in the main building. It was good to see so many old Medieval and Renaissance friends. We have really missed the art museum thing here and on the Continent.

Rafael's Madonna of the Pinks, 1507; from his
Pink Period

Leonardo's Virgin on the Rocks, 1491-1508; 
definitely from his Smoky Period

Theotokopolous, Adoration of the Name of Jesus,
late 1570s [El Greco]

Bartolome Bermejo, St. Michael Triumphs over
the Devil, 1469; Bermejo studied in the north,
hence

His happy face Devil

Personal favorite...anything by van Eyck...this is
thought to be his self portrait, 1433 (the year after
the Ghent altarpiece); I'm searching hat stores
everywhere for head-gear like this

Muy, muy famoso, van Eyck's Arnolfini
Wedding, 1434

Detail: the convex mirror and van Eyck's signature

Bosch, Christ Mocked, 1510; we've seen a similar
painting in Ghent

Detail, lower left: let's see, the Turks took

Constantinople in 1453, and were headed in the

direction of Vienna...

Memling Donn Triptych, 1478

Rogier van der Weyden, The Magdalen Reading,

1438; obviously cut down, omitting St. Joseph's

head: wouldn't fit over the sofa

Luca Signorelli, The Circumcision, 1490; Jesus

is saying, "don't worry, I'm not going to use it"

Rafael, Ansidei Madonna, 1505

Ghirlandaio, Virgin and Child with St. John, 1490;
what is notable here is...

Detail right: a landscape of Rome...

And, finally, an unfinished early Michaelangelo,
notable for the non-twisty figures (before he was Mr.
Twisty) and the green under-painting

Yes! We've done it! On to paintings after 1500!