Michael is joined by Sally Foster, Co-Curator of the Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London exhibit, which commences today at the National Gallery of Australia.

Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London is the first time in its near 200-year history that the National Gallery, London has toured an exhibition of works internationally.

Drawing on the strengths of their collection, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see 61 paintings by some of Europe’s most revered artists, including Botticelli, Titian, Rembrandt, Vermeer, El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Turner, Constable, Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Gauguin and Van Gogh.

Highlights include Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at the Age of 34 from 1640, Vermeer’s A Young Woman seated at a Virginal c.1670 and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painted 1888.

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