16 episodes

NGVextra – NGV International Director’s Tour

NGVextra – NGV International Director’s Tour National Gallery of Victoria

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NGVextra – NGV International Director’s Tour

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    Hans MEMLING: The Man of Sorrows in the arts of the Virgin

    Hans MEMLING: The Man of Sorrows in the arts of the Virgin

    This devotional image brings together various symbols of Christ’s crucifixion including the crown of thorns, nails and spear.

    • 3 min
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    FLANDERS: Madonna and Child

    FLANDERS: Madonna and Child

    In 1923 the NGV paid a high price for this work, since then, the authenticity of the work has been questioned and still the debate rages.

    • 3 min
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    Giambattista TIEPOLO: The Finding of Moses

    Giambattista TIEPOLO: The Finding of Moses

    Buying a painting by Sebastiano Ricci proved to be a good deal for the NGV when a tip off showed the work to be that of the master Tiepolo.

    • 3 min
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    Jusepe de RIBERA: Martyerdom of St Lawrence

    Jusepe de RIBERA: Martyerdom of St Lawrence

    This very dramatic 17th century painting was once part of the high altar in a church in the Spanish district in Rome. A shift in taste saw it removed and now it hangs in Melbourne.

    • 3 min
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    Nathaniel DANCE: The Pybus Family

    Nathaniel DANCE: The Pybus Family

    This portrait of an affluent family, with their bright coloured clothes, has a surprising Australian connection.

    • 3 min
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    DOSSO DOSSI: Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara

    DOSSO DOSSI: Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara

    This portrait was bought over fifty years ago and no one then knew who the sitter was. New technology and research has solved this puzzling mystery.

    • 3 min

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