Scottish National Gallery

The National Gallery of Scotland is an art gallery and a museum in Edinburgh, Scotland. The ornate neoclassical building stands next to the Royal Scottish Academy Building on The Mound between the two parts of Princes Street Gardens.

The building, designed by William Henry Playfair building was opened in 1859. Just as the Royal Scottish Academy Building, it was remodeled in 1912 by William Thomas Oldrieve. Since its reopening, the focus was on building a permanent national collection of Scottish and European art.

The underground connection between the two buildings, the Playfair Project, was opened on 4 August 2004. From the space between the museums you have a view on Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle.

The collection includes paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures from the 14th to the 19th century. Among the exhibited works include, among others Christ with Mary and Martha by Jan Vermeer, the two major works by Titian, Diana and Callisto and Diana and Actaeon and Heidelberg with a Rainbow by William Turner ( 1841 ).

In addition, the National Gallery has the most comprehensive collection of Scottish art from the 17th to the 19th century masterpieces by Ramsay, Raeburn and Wilkie.

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