The richly illuminated prayer-book known as the Aspremont Psalter-Hours has long been recognised as an important example of manuscript production from the Lorrai

The passing of Arthur Dale Trendall (1909–1995), one of the great classical archaeologists of our century and the leading international authority on South Italian vase painting and pottery, leaves a gap not easily…

The National Gallery of Victoria’s Connell Collection provoked great excitement when first exhibited in 19

A major new acquisition by the National Gallery of Victoria through the Felton Bequest represents a late Hellenistic or early Roman adaptation of a statue by, or in the tradition…

Overview Paul Sérusier’s Boys on a river bank (fig. 1) was purchased for the National Gallery of Victoria through the Felton Bequest in 1948

A large proportion of the riches of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Victoria have been acquired from major private collections of works on paper, through the Felton…

Two Chinese figures at the National Gallery of VictoriaIt was not until the present century that Buddhist sculpture, in common with most other forms of Chinese art, was recognised by…

The artist should preach the beautiful in our commonplace and everyday existence.

The National Gallery of Victoria’s sketchbook by George Romney (1734–1802)1The sketchbook is a vellum-covered book measuring 19.8 x 15.9 cm and containing sixty-nine leaves. It was acquired through the Felton Bequest̷

Many museum collections that have been built over a long time – collections such as that of the National Gallery of Victoria – contain works that have not been studied…

Norman Lindsay’s rare status as an Australian artist who is also a household name is the result of numerous factors

The National Gallery of Victoria has recently acquired a Madonna in prayer of exceptional beauty and quality by the seventeenth-century painter Giovanni Battista Salvi, ‘Il Sassoferrato̵

 I have been trying to find time ever since the arrival of the Tiepolo to send you a lin

During the first three centuries of the Christian era, funerary artisans in the Roman province of Egypt produced a unique genre of mummy covering which reflected the multicultural society that existed there…

One must buy for the future, even against public opinion, although it is satisfying when you do buy a picture that’s popular … It’s important to get really top class thing