Part of the Sydney International Art Series, ‘The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland’ is an extraordinary and richly presented showcase of some the world’s most revered old master paintings and drawings.
Spanning a period of 400 years from, the Renaissance to Impressionism, the exhibition includes works by some of the great names of Western art, including: Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Velázquez, Poussin, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, and Cézanne.
Comprising over 70 works, all but two will be seen in Australia for the first time, including Botticelli’s, The Virgin adoring the sleeping Christ child.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Until 14 February, 2016
Sydney
Paul Gauguin, Three Tahitians, 1899, oil on canvas, 73 x 94cm
Courtesy © Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney