NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND
Audio Tour | National
The National is home to some of the greatest artists and art of all time; from Monet and Gainsborough, to David Wilkie and Phoebe Anna Traquair.
This tour features a great selection of the artworks currently on display. We have invited a wide range of diverse and exciting interviewees to share their perspectives and opinions about the works included on the tour. Please enjoy the collection and explore the galleries at your own pace.
1h 45 mins
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Welcome
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0:59
Anne Redpath, The Indian Rug (or Red Slippers), about 1945
Room 1
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2:28
William Johnstone, A Point in Time, about 1929 - 1937
Room 1
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2:45
Samuel John Peploe, Still Life, about 1913
Room 2
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2:25
William McTaggart, The Storm, 1890
Room 3
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2:48
John Griffier & James Norie, Taymouth Castle (View of Taymouth Castle from the south), 1733; repainted 1739
Room 3
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2:41
Alexander Nasmyth, Princes Street with the Commencement of the Building of the Royal Institution, 1825
Room 3
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3:33
Peter Graham, O'er Moor and Moss, 1867
Room 3
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2:34
John Duncan, Saint Bride, 1913
Room 4
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3:28
Phoebe Anna Traquair, The Progress of a Soul, 1895-1902
Room 4
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3:27
Artists' materials - Please touch
Room 4
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1:05
Arthur Melville, An Egyptian Interior, 1881
Room 5
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3:47
Sir James Guthrie, A Hind's Daughter, 1883
Room 5
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3:25
William York Macgregor, The Vegetable Stall, 1884
Room 5
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2:37
George Henry, Geisha, 1894
Room 5
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2:10
William McTaggart, The Sailing of the Emigrant Ship, dated 1895
Room 6
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3:47
Artists' palette and brushes - Please touch
Room 7
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0:53
William Dyce, Francesca da Rimini, 1837
Room 8
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4:09
Sir Joseph Noel Paton, The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania, 1849
Room 8
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2:21
William Bell Scott, The King's Quair, 1867
Room 8
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3:08
John Emms, Callum, dated 1895
Room 9
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2:39
John Knox, Landscape with Tourists at Loch Katrine, about 1815 - 1820
Room 9
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2:20
Peter Graham, Wandering Shadows, 1878
Room 9
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2:39
Sir Henry Raeburn, Colonel Alastair Ranaldson Macdonell of Glengarry (1773 - 1828), exhibited 1812
Room 9
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3:21
Sir Edwin Landseer, The Monarch of the Glen, about 1851
Room 9
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3:14
David Allan, Lead Processing at Leadhills
Room 10
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3:57
Sir William Allan, The Murder of David Rizzio, exhibited 1833
Room 10
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2:27
Johannes Vermeer Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, about 1654 - 1656
Room 11
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3:00
Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn), Self-portrait, 165[5]
Room 11
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3:25
Sir Anthony van Dyck, The Lomellini Family, about 1625 - 1627
Room 11
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2:44
Prints & Drawings introduction
Room 12
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2:42
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, about 1615
Room 13
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3:33
Diego Velázquez, An Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618
Room 13
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2:54
Adam Elsheimer, The Stoning of Saint Stephen, about 1603 - 1604
Room 14
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3:18
Adriaen de Vries, Cain and Abel, 1612
Room 14
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2:38
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), Venus Rising from the Sea ('Venus Anadyomene'), about 1520
Room 15
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2:45
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), The Three Ages of Man, about 1512 - 1514
Room 15
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2:21
Hugo van der Goes, The Trinity Altarpiece, about 1478 - 1479
Room 15
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3:55
Leonardo da Vinci, The Madonna of the Yarnwinder, about 1501
Room 16
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2:15
Raphael (Raffaello Santi), The Virgin and Child ('The Bridgewater Madonna'), About 1507 - 1508
Room 16
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2:53
Bernardo Daddi, Triptych, 1338
Room 16
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3:06
Attributed to Grifo di Tancredi, The Death of St Ephraim and Scenes from the Lives of the Hermits, About 1280 - 1290
Room 16
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2:42
Sandro Botticelli, The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child, about 1485
Room 16
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3:48
John Constable, Dedham Vale, 1828
Room 17
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3:31
Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara Falls, from the American Side, 1867
Room 18
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3:21
David Roberts, Rome: Sunset from the Convent of Sant' Onofrio on the Janiculum, 1855-56
Room 18
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2:31
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Finding of Moses, probably early 1730's
Room 19
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3:16
Sir Joshua Reynolds, The Ladies Waldegrave, 1780
Room 19
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2:20
Thomas Gainsborough, The Honourable Mrs Graham (1757 - 1792), 1775 - 1777
Room 19
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2:10
Antonio Canova, The Three Graces, 1815 - 1817
Room 19
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2:37
Sir Henry Raeburn, Reverend Robert Walker (1755 - 1808) Skating on Duddingston Loch, about 1795
Room 20
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2:25
Sir David Wilkie, The Letter of Introduction, 1813
Room 20
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2:25
Sir David Wilkie, Pitlessie Fair, 1804
Room 20
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2:43
Allan Ramsay, Margaret Lindsay of Evelick: The Artist's Wife, (about 1726 - 1782), 1758 - 1760
Room 20
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1:32
Jan van Huysum, Flower Still Life with Bird's Nest, about 1718
Room 21
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3:00
Nicolas Poussin, The Sacrament of Baptism, 1646
Room 22
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2:32
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, A Vase of Flowers, early 1760s
Room 23
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3:01
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Fêtes Vénitiennes, 1718 - 1719
Room 23
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3:14
Francesco Guardi, The Piazza San Marco, Venice, About 1775 - 1780
Room 24
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2:45
François-Xavier Fabre, A View of Florence from the North Bank of the Arno, 1813
Room 24
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2:23
Alfred Sisley, Molesey Weir, Hampton Court, 1874
Room 25
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2:36
Claude Monet, A Seascape, Shipping by Moonlight, about 1864
Room 25
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2:56
Camille Pissarro, The Marne at Chennevières, 1864 – 1865
Room 25
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2:30
Paul Gauguin, Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel), 1888
Room 26
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3:49
Claude Monet, Poplars on the Epte, 1891
Room 26
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3:36
Vincent van Gogh, Orchard with Apricot Trees in Blossom, Arles, 1888
Room 26
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2:19
Vincent van Gogh, Olive Trees, 1889
Room 26
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2:47
Goodbye
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0:38