Angels at the National Gallery

Today a group went from church to the National Gallery to hear Lucrezia Walker
talk about angels in art and introduce the exhibition 'Visions of Paradise'

 

Carlo Crivelli The Dead Christ supported by Two Angels

Visions of Paradise at the National Gallery.

Join Lucrezia Walker to look at the current exhibition, to think about angels and the Nativity. 

Saturday 5 December

Meet at 2pm in the Sainsbury Wing foyer 

To conclude with tea at about 3.30.

The exhibition is free.

£10 donation invited for church funds.

Francesco Botticini’s Assumption of the Virgin has bewildered scholars for centuries. ‘Visions of Paradise: Botticini’s Palmieri Altarpiece’ showcases new research on this monumental painting, clarifying long-perpetuated misunderstandings about its authorship, date, original location, and iconography. 

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visions-of-paradise