Whilst art galleries and museums in London and Florence are closed, sadly all Gallery Talks have been put on hold. In the meantime, I am posting a series of art quizes, each on a specific theme and based on one museum.
The second quiz covers paintings in the National Gallery collection and the theme is 'Animals'.
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 2 - National Gallery ‘Animals’
- Which animal stands in front of the couple in the ‘Arnolfini Portrait’ painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434?
- Uccello painted the ‘Battle of San Romano’ in 1438-40 and filled the scene with many images of which type of animal?
- Which two animals are believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci in ‘Tobias and the Angel’ c.1470-5 by Verrocchio and his workshop?
- In Antonello da Messina’s painting ‘St Jerome in his Study’ c.1475 what animal walks along the aisle on the right side of the picture?
- What does the peacock symbolise in ‘The Adoration of the Kings’ of c.1470-5 by Botticelli?
- A pair of which type of animal pull Bacchus’ chariot in Titian’s ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ of 1520-23?
- In ‘Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects’ painted by Balthasar van der Ast c.1630 what type of insect is depicted on the ledge?
- Two dogs are chained together as a reference to the arranged marriage in Scene 1 of the series of 6 pictures named ‘Marriage a la Mode’ painted c.1743 by which artist?
- ‘The Infant St John with the Lamb’ was painted in 1660-5 by which artist?
- What type of animal was Whistlejacket, who was painted by Stubbs c.1762?
- What type of bird did Joseph Wright of Derby include in his painting ‘An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump’ dated 1768?
- What breed of dog was depicted by Gainsborough in his portrait of Mr and Mrs William Hallett ‘The Morning Walk’ of 1785?
- Which animal lies in the left foreground of Seurat’s ‘Bathers at Arnieres’ painted in 1884?
- Who painted a pair of crabs in 1889 inspired by the Japanese artist Hokusai?
- Who painted a tiger in 1891 in the painting entitled ‘Surprised!’?