National Gallery


After Westminster Abbey, we went to the National Gallery and had a wonderful time—an immense collection of treasures.


Botticelli 

Rembrandt’s Belshazzar’s Feast



Charles I on horseback.


Titian, Jesus answering the question about paying taxes to Caesar


El Greco, Jesus driving the money changers from the Temple.


Van Gogh, Sunflowers 


 Titian, portrait of a man. Notice the character in his face.

Oops, I forgot. British National Gallery: Da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks


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