The National Gallery - Sainsbury Wing, Room 60
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Taken 14:40, 25/11/2007
Panoramic photo by
Tom Mills
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The National Gallery, London houses one of the greatest collections of Western European painting in the world. These pictures belong to the public and entrance to see them is free.
The Sainsbury Wing, built from the generosity of the Sainsbury brothers and realised by the architect Robert Venturi, was completed in 1991. Rising to the same height and faced in the same Portland Stone, the extension was designed to complement the main building. Inside the Sainsbury Wing is a grand staircase entirely clad in glass, which creates a light and open space where the visitor can overlook the vibrant bustle in busy Trafalgar Square.
The Sainsbury Wing houses the entire early Renaissance collection, and in sharp contrast to the main rooms, the space is smaller, with subdued grey walls sensitively lit to give a feel of the churches in which these great paintings would have hung.
Read more about The National Gallery here.
