The National Gallery takes up the entire north side of Trafalgar Square. It was built in 1838 and has 2200 paintings. Its masterpieces include: Botticelli, Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Cezanne, Hogarth, and Gainsborough.
The neoclassical National Gallery is not based on a former royal collection, but was begun as late as 1824 when the government agreed to buy 38 paintings belonging to the Russian, John Julius Angerstein.
The neoclassical National Gallery is not based on a former royal collection, but was begun as late as 1824 when the government agreed to buy 38 paintings belonging to the Russian, John Julius Angerstein.