The National Gallery in London The National Gallery of London is one of the largest art galleries in the capital of Great Britain. It exhibits more than two thousand masterpieces of Western European painting from the XII to the XX centuries, and all the paintings in the exhibition are arranged in chronological order. The gallery was opened on April 9, 1839, but the date of its foundation is considered to be May 1824 - at that time I acquired a collection of paintings by Angerstein, numbering 38 works. The gallery's collection was replenished both at the expense of the government and at the expense of third-party donors, such as George Beaumont. The most recognizable work of the National Gallery is a paired portrait of a couple
