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Rembrandt Abraham Francen, apothecary and Studies of the head of Saskia and others
The NGV has recently added two significant works to its renowned collection of 130 Rembrandt etchings: a late portrait, Abraham Francen, apothecary, c
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Rembrandt’s watermarked papers at the National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) holds 140 prints by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, a growing collection of the artist’s intaglio works that began over 130 years ag
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Rembrandt’s Shell – conus marmoreus L.
In 1972 a specimen of Rembrandt’s art was added by courtesy of the Felton Bequest to the fine collection of one hundred and twenty etchings by the master held in…
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Selected affinities: Fred Williams’s drawings after Rembrandt
The latter half of the 1970s was a particularly busy period for Fred Williams: with his wife Lyn he made a number of trips to Europe and the United States; his exhibition…
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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.
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Rembrandt van Rijn: Diana at the bath
Ovid (Metamorphoses III) tells how Diana, chaste goddess of the hunt, was spied on by Actaeon while bathing, and in punishment she turned him into a stag.
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Rembrandt etchings on oriental papers: papers in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria
From at least 1647 onwards, Rembrandt executed many of his prints on papers of oriental origin
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Jean Ipoustéguy’s Death of the father at the NGV: marble, metal and lots of ink
In October 1972, Annette Dixon, the National Gallery of Victoria’s Curator of European and American Art After 1800, was brimming with excitemen
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River landscape with Tiburtine Temple at Tivoli
Claude Lorrain
As his name suggests, Claude Gellé Le Lorrain was born in the duchy of Lorraine in France, however he spent nearly his entire career in Italy
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A Conversation with Tracey Emin
Born in 1963 in London, Tracey Emin CBE RA’s multi-disciplinary practice is powerful and divers
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In the studio with Agnieszka Pilat
Agnieszka Pilat’s Heterobota, 2023, tests our threshold for machines to exist outside of servitude and develop their own creative pursuit
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Women and Dutch still life painting
Still life painting ‘bloomed’ during an economic boom period in the Netherlands fuelled by imperialism, trade monopolies and the use of enslaved lab
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Goya’s Visions
The universality of Goya’s art lies in his pursuit of truth, making his observations of society and human nature as relevant today as they were in his own tim
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Me and my muse
Collaboration, friendship, inspiration, loss, love and connection. These themes filter through many artworks in the NGV Collection.
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The art of mindfulness
Madeleine Dore interviews a mindfulness teacher, an artist, a curator and NGV visitors about their experiences of the Gallery, and learns that art museums offer much to audiences seeking a…