When Isabella d’Este – marchesa of Mantua and one of the greatest collectors of her day – died in 1539, her belongings were divided among her heirs according to contemporary…
The National Gallery of Victoria has recently acquired a fine portrait of a Mother and child (fig. 1) by the early seventeenth-century Flemish artist Cornelis de Vos.
Note to reader Throughout its life, the NGV’s scholarly journal has been published under various names as quarterly and annual editions: Quarterly Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, 1945–58;…
In late 2009 Mrs Alina Cade generously gave two extraordinary portraits by the renowned eighteenth-century British artist Joseph Wright of Derby: Self-portrait (fig.
In 2011, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is celebrating its 150th birthday.
This December, the National Gallery of Victoria will open The Naked Face: Self-portraits, a compelling exhibition which takes an in-depth look at how self-portraits have shaped our perceptions of the…
This unique exhibition reveals how self-portraits have shaped our perceptions of art and the artist’s life. Works are displayed in themes exploring the potential for self-portraits to re-evaluate identity. Drawn entirely from the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection, the exhibition demonstrates its extraordinary range and depth. A rich diversity of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, installations and fashion illustrates one of the most constant subjects in Western art and includes significant cross-cultural examp
Opening 13 February, the National Gallery of Victoria will showcase a beautiful collection of prints and drawings in Love, Loss & Intimacy.
For most people the world of Bugatti is associated with cars. But the Bugatti story is a much larger one, encompassing three generations and four remarkable individuals: Carlo Bugatti, his sons Ettore and Rembrandt, and Ettore’s son, Gianoberto (Jean). This exhibition showcases the furniture, sculpture and cars of this extraordinary family.
This exhibition offers audiences the richest survey of 17th century Dutch art ever staged in Australia. The exhibition brings together more than 100 works and decorative objects by great artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch and Jan Steen.
The breathtaking originality of Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s series of etchings, the Imaginary Prisons, has remained a source of inspiration since they were first published in the mid-18th century. This exhibition presents the first and second edition of Piranesi’s Prison series together with Vik Muniz’s photographs inspired by Piranesi
More than any other technique, the immediacy of the drawn line evokes the bond that occurs between an artist and their subject. This exhibition presents drawings and prints from the NGV Collection by seventeenth and eighteenth-century European artists through to contemporary Australians, as well as paintings, sculpture, photographs and media works.
The NGV’s Prints and Drawings Collection encompasses Australian and international works on paper, and spans some seven hundred years, from the 15th to the 21st centuries. This exhibition presents a selection of acquisitions made for this collection since 2002 to showcase the extraordinary range of material acquired and reveal collecting direction