Whilst art galleries and museums in London and Florence are closed, sadly all Gallery Talks have been put on hold. In the meantime, I will be posting a series of art quizes, each on a specific theme and based on one museum.
The first quiz covers paintings in the National Gallery collection and the theme is 'Royalty'.
Please send me your answers by email or via the Contact form. A prize will be given to the first person to send me a full set of correct answers.
Gallery Talks Quiz 1 - National Gallery ‘Royalty’
- Which painting by Velàzquez was the first to be purchased for the nation by the Art Fund, with a contribution from King Edward VII, in 1906?
- Which Venetian artist was commissioned by King Philip II of Spain to paint a series of six large mythological paintings, inspired by Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’, during the 1550s & 1560s?
- The Wilton Diptych was painted around 1395-9 as a portable altarpiece for which King of England, who is depicted in the painting?
- King Charles I appointed which Flemish artist as First Painter to the King in 1632?
- The Self-Portrait by Elisabeth Vigée le Brun in 1782 was inspired by Rubens’ ‘Le Chapeau de Paille’ (also in the NG). By which Queen of France was Elisabeth Vigée le Brun patronised as portrait painter?
- Which Madonna & Child painting of 1425 is owned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and is on long term loan to the National Gallery?
- ‘The Ambassadors’ was painted in 1533 at the Court of King Henry VIII in London by which artist?
- Rubens painted ‘Peace and War’ in 1629-30 as a gift to celebrate successful peace negotiations between England and Spain that he had carried out as envoy to King Philip IV of Spain. To which King of England and Scotland did Rubens give this gift?
- King George III purchased the art collection of Joseph Smith, the British Consul at Venice, in 1765, including a large series of views of Venice by which artist?
- Which King of Spain appears in three paintings by Velàzquez in the National Gallery collection?
- The portrait of the official mistress of King Louis XV of France by François-Hubert Drouais in 1763-4, depicts her at her tambour frame in a stunning dress. What was the sitter’s name?
- Orazio Gentileschi’s huge ‘Finding of Moses’ painting was commissioned to celebrate the birth of which heir to the throne of Great Britain?
- Which painting by Guido Reni was commissioned by King Wladislaw of Poland around 1640?
- The Biblical Queen of Sheba is depicted at a seaport embarking on her journey to visit King Solomon in a painting by which artist?
- Which artist painted a grand scene featuring the Ancient Greek King Alexander the Great, painted in 1565-7 for the Pisani family in Venice? What is the name of the painting?