The National Gallery in London takes up the entire north side of Trafalgar Square. 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.
See the National Gallery Visitor Guide.
