Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet
Videos
Page
Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Baronet was a British art patron and amateur painter. He played a crucial part in the creation of London's National Gallery by making the first bequest of paintings to that institution.
Portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Landscape with Hagar and the Angel (Claude, 1646), Beaumont's favourite painting
Conway Castle (Beaumont, 1809)
Taddei Tondo (Michelangelo, c. 1504–5)
National Gallery
Videos
Page
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi.
Trafalgar Square façade
The Wilkins Building, with the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields to the right
The Sainsbury Wing, as built, seen from Trafalgar Square
The Raising of Lazarus by Sebastiano del Piombo, from the Angerstein collection. This became the founding collection of the National Gallery in 1824. The painting has the accession number NG1, making it officially the first painting to enter the gallery.