Michael Palin on his favourite paintings | National Gallery

Comedian, actor, writer, television presenter and former member of Monty Python, Michael Palin joins the National Gallery's Head of Curatorial, Caroline Campbell, to share his top ten paintings in the National Gallery collection in a special in conversation event.

The discussion features beautifully composed Renaissance works by artists like Duccio, an extravagant scene by Bronzino (who painted the foot used by Monty Python's Terry Gilliam in his animations), as well as some of the most most popular paintings in the collection, from Holbein's 'The Ambassadors' to J.M.W. Turner, alongside some lesser-known gems.

Recorded at the National Gallery on 5 May 2017.

Painting mentioned during the talk:
‘The Annunciation’ by Duccio, 1307/8-11: http://bit.ly/2tjcD0N
‘Portrait of a Lady’ by Alesso Baldovinetti, about 1465: http://bit.ly/2tiW0SY
‘The Nativity at Night’ by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, possibly about 1490: http://bit.ly/2tj3lBN
‘Saint Jerome in his Study’ by Antonello da Messina, about 1475: http://bit.ly/2tiT48C
‘An Allegory with Venus and Cupid’ by Bronzino, about 1545: http://bit.ly/2tiT9sW
‘The Ambassadors’ by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533: http://bit.ly/2e0soTJ
‘The Tailor ('Il Tagliapanni')’ by Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1565-70: http://bit.ly/2timnIu
‘Saint Francis in Meditation’ by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1635-9: http://bit.ly/2v9SmHZ
‘Marriage A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête à Tête’ by William Hogarth, about 1743: http://bit.ly/2va33KQ
‘Winter Landscape’ by Caspar David Friedrich, probably 1811: http://bit.ly/2tiPUlu
‘The Fighting Temeraire’ by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1839: http://bit.ly/2skJi55

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