National Gallery of Scotland ( English National Gallery of Scotland ) - Art Gallery in Edinburgh , the oldest in Scotland . Located in the city center on Mound , in a building designed by the famous Scottish architect William Henry Playfer . In operation since 1859 .
| National Gallery of Scotland | |
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| Founding date | 1859 |
| opening date | 10: 00-17: 00 Thu 10: 00-19: 00 |
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| Address | Mound , Edinburgh , EH2 2EL |
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| Site | http://www.nationalgalleries.org/ |
The gallery contains the richest collection of European painting and sculpture , which covers a significant period from the Renaissance to the post-impressionism , and includes paintings by Vermeer , Rubens , Titian , Tintoretto , Van Dyck , El Greco , Rembrandt , Watteau , Heinsboro , Monet , Gauguin , Pissarro , Cezanne , Scotsman William Aikman and other great artists. It draws the attention of "Arabs playing chess" , a painting by Eugene Delacroix, created in 1847-1848.
Notes
- β Visitor Figures 2015 // The Art Newspaper - 2016. - Iss. 278. - ISSN 0960-6556
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scottish National Gallery.
- Description of the gallery on the site Nationalgalleries.org
- The official site of the national galleries of Scotland