West Building Tour: Featured Selections
An artist, an ecologist, a poet, a chef, a ballet dancer – and more! Discover notable people exploring the many stories revealed in art from the National Gallery’s rich collections.
Set your own pace by selecting as many tour stops as you like, in the order you choose. Just enter the track number below, press go, then press the play button when the tour stop appears. Don’t forget your headphones!
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Stop 202
- Death and the Miser, c. 1485/1490
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Stop 203
- Still Life with Peacock Pie, 1627
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Stop 205
- Daniel in the Lions' Den, c. 1614/1616
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Stop 206
- Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835
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Stop 207
- Niagara, 1857
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Stop 208
- Watson and the Shark, 1778
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Stop 209
- Portrait of My Grandmother, 1922
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Stop 210
- The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial, 1900
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Stop 211
- Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478
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Stop 212
- Laocoön, c. 1610/1614
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Stop 213
- The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice, 1742/1744
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Stop 214
- The Alba Madonna, c. 1510
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Stop 215
- Two Women at a Window, c. 1655/1660
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Stop 216
- Woman with a Sunflower, c. 1905
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Stop 217
- The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, 1812
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Stop 219
- Woman Viewed from Behind (Visit to a Museum), c. 1879-1885
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Stop 222
- Lorenzo de' Medici, possibly 1513/1520
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Stop 223
- Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878-1881
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Stop 224
- Chalice of the Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis, 2nd/1st century B.C. (cup); 1137-1140 (mounting)
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Stop 225
Celebrity chef Carla Hall examines the vast array of foods available in Claesz’s banquet scene.
- Still Life with Peacock Pie, 1627
- Not on view
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Made possible by a grant from the Alice L. Walton Foundation
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