From the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, young aristocrats left Britain for their first overseas experience to learn about the art and culture of Europe. Follow NGV Curator Laurie Benson on your own Grand Tour of the NGV Collection.
Artwork 1
Bacino di S. Marco: From the Piazzetta, c. 1750 | CANALETTO
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Artwork 2
Grand Canal looking north-east to the Rialto Bridge, c. 1738 | Bernardo BELLOTTO
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Artwork 3
The Cumaean Sibyl delivering the Oracles, c. 1741 | Giovanni Paolo PANINI
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Artwork 4
The Finding of Moses, 1740-1745 | Giambattista TIEPOLO
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Artwork 5
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, c. 1745 | Peter SCHEEMAKERS
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Artwork 6
Hon. Laurence Shirley, 4th son of the 1st Earl Ferrers, c. 1745 | Peter SCHEEMAKERS
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Artwork 7
Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle, c. 1760-1763 | Richard WILSON
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Artwork 8
Demilune commode, c. 1785 | William MOORE (attributed to) manufacturer
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Artwork 9
Pair of chairs, c.1790 | England manufacturer
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Artwork 10
Sir Sampson Gideon and an unidentified companion, 1767 |Pompeo BATONI
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Artwork 11
The Immaculate Conception, c. 1665 | Bartolomé Esteban MURILLO
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Artwork 12
The Crossing of the Red Sea, 1632-1634 | Nicolas POUSSIN
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