New edition of informative companion guide to the Scottish National Gallery which is widely regarded as one of the finest small galleries in the world. This book offers a detailed guide to the collection as well as an accessible and informative introduction to the history of art.
The Collection also includes the greatest names in Western art such as Raphael, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Diego Velazquez, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Antonio Canova, Vincent van Gogh, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas and Paul Gauguin.
It also contains the most comprehensive collection of Scottish masterpieces, with masterpieces by Allan Ramsay, Sir Henry Raeburn and David Wilkie as well as a host of less familiar names.