Why the
National Gallery of Scotland
is special

It has a superlative collection of paintings, sculptures, and other artworks by great masters from the early Renaissance to the turn of the 20th century.

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National Gallery of Scotland's
famous artists

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They include

Continental:

Antonio Canova

Antoon van Dyck

Claude Lorraine

Claude Monet

Diego Velázquez

Dominique Ingres

Edgar Degas

El Greco

Francisco de Goya

Gerard David

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Georges Seurat

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Johannes Vermeer

Nicolas Poussin

Paul Cézanne

Raphael

Rembrandt van Rijn

Sandro Botticelli

Tintoretto

Titian

English:

John Constable

William Turner

Joshua Reynolds

Thomas Gainsborough

Scottish:

Allan Ramsay

David Wilkie

Henry Raeburn

William McTaggart

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National Gallery of Scotland
tips & insights

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Free

Admission is free to the permanent collection, (though there is a fee for special exhibitions).

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About the museum

It was founded in 1859. Today it is part of the National Galleries of Scotland, an umbrella organization whose other Edinburgh components include the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Modern Art.

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Museum photo by Ad Meskens - CC BY 3.0

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