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British and Australian portraits at the National Gallery of Victoria
Portraiture is, and always has been, an important component of the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).
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Portrait of the artist as hero: Margaret Thomas’s portraits of Charles Summers
For many years Margaret Thomas’s Charles Summers, c. 1879 (fi
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Artistic souls: Edward Burne-Jones and his portrait of Baronne Deslandes
The celebrated nineteenth-century British artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) is well represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Victor
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Work of the Week: Self-portrait 1977
Over the past half century Chuck Close has reinvigorated the genre of portraiture with his painted, printed, photographic and drawn images of himself, his family and his friends.
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A case study of two lama portraits in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria
Introduction In 1989 the National Gallery of Victoria acquired two nineteenth-century Tibetan scroll paintings (thangkas) depicting Tibetan Buddhist lamas: Yuntonpa with Begtse Chen (fig.
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Joseph Wright of Derby Self-portrait 1765-68
Joseph Wright of Derby chronicled his personal and professional life in a group of insightful self-portraits.
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Framing Fancies: Lely’s portrait of Sir John Rous
A fantastical conglomeration of shells, flowing marine forms and even a sea monster surrounds the portrait of Sir John Rous, 1st Baronet of Henham Hall, painted by Sir Peter Lely…
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Framing Fancies: Lely’s portrait of Sir John Rous
A fantastical conglomeration of shells, flowing marine forms and even a sea monster surrounds the portrait of Sir John Rous, 1st Baronet of Henham Hall, painted by Sir Peter Lely…
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Fiona Pardington: Portrait of a life cast of Matoua Tawai, Aotearoa New Zealand 2010
Museums, archives and libraries are the repositories of stories.
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Persian Portrait of a prince examining an arrow (late 16th century-early 17th century)
This portrait was probably painted during the reign of Shah Abbas (1587–1629), whose rule marked a period of stability and consolidation within the Persian Empire and saw the capital at Isfahan…
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A discussion about Augustus Earle and some of his portraits
Of the many artists who worked in Australia after its discovery by Cook in 1770, Augustus Earle is one of the most versatile and interesting of the early ones
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Portrait of Maria Elizabeth O’Mullane and her children c.1852
The portrait of Maria Elizabeth O’Mullane and her children was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1976 from a distant cousin of Maria O’Mullane’s descen
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A profile portrait of a Renaissance woman in the National Gallery of Victoria
In keeping with Dr Ursula Hoff’s own practice and with the meticulous training she has urged upon her students, this short article offers thoughts arising from an examination of a single artefactR
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Portrait of a painter: a photograph of Conrad Martens by Freeman Brothers Studio, 1856
The generous provision of funds by the Felton Bequest recently enabled the National Gallery of Victoria successfully to bid at auction1Lot 21, Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 17 April 19
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‘Rembrandt by himself’: a brief history of the Melbourne portrait of Rembrandt by an unknown artist
The National Gallery of Victoria has in its collection two paintings by the Dutch master Rembrandt Harmensz.