Would you like to visit the National Gallery, London, but don’t have time to swim across the pond?  No problem!  Now every painting in the permanent collection of the National Gallery, London is available for viewing in ARTstor.  

National Gallery, London, has one of the greatest collections of Western European painting in the world! Composed of 2,300 works dating from the 13th century to the early 20th centuries, the collection encompasses most major developments in Western painting.

Highlights include Cézanne’s Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses), Piero della Francesca’s The Baptism of Christ, Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at the Age of 34, Holbein’s The Ambassadors, Uccello’s The Battle of San Romano, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne, van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait, and Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus.

This is an incredible resource for students of the arts, as well as for those studying history, political science, cultural studies and other divisions of the humanities and social sciences.

Access ARTstor by clicking here, or from the library homepage, click on Articles and select the Arts and Humanities Tab.  Palomar College login required off-campus or with on campus wi-fi.  Need help?  Call (760) 744-1150 x 2616 or “Ask a Librarian” through our 24/7 live chat service (look for the chat box on most library webpages).  For questions, please contact Tamara Weintraub, Collections Management Librarian.