Nqe lus piav txog kev nyiam
National Gallery yog lub tsev khaws khoom kos duab hauv London uas muaj ntau dua 2,300 tus duab ntawm Western European pleev xim txij thaum nruab nrab xyoo pua 13th txog 1900. Piv rau lwm lub tsev khaws puav pheej zoo sib xws - Louvre hauv Paris lossis Prado hauv Madrid - London Gallery tsis tuaj yeem khav theeb ntawm cov khoom nplua nuj no. Tab sis tsis zoo li lawv, nws tsis yog los ntawm kev sau cov duab los ntawm lub tsev huab tais. Kev sau cov duab muaj koob muaj npe tseem yog tus tswv ntawm tus huab tais Askiv, thiab cov duab rau National Gallery tau yuav thiab sib sau ua lub hom phiaj, uas ua rau nws tuaj yeem nthuav qhia raws sijhawm raws li txhua qhov kev txav chaw tseem ceeb ntawm European pleev xim, txawm hais tias tsis nthuav dav, tab sis tag nrho.
Qhov kawg ntawm lub xyoo pua 18th, ntau daim duab kos duab uas yog los ntawm cov tsev hais plaub muaj koob muaj npe ntawm Tebchaws Europe tau pauv mus rau lub tebchaws tus tswv - piv txwv li, Old Pinakothek hauv Munich lossis Uffizi Gallery hauv Florence tau tshwm sim. Qhov xav tau los tsim lub tsev khaws khoom kos duab hauv tebchaws kuj tau nkag siab hauv Great Britain. Thaum lub sijhawm los yuav cov duab ntawm Sir Robert Walpole tau tshwm sim hauv 1777, qhov teeb meem no tau tham hauv Parliament, tab sis kev txiav txim siab yuav tsis tau ua, thiab 20 xyoo tom qab cov khoom no, yuav los ntawm Catherine II, tsim lub hauv paus ntawm Hermitage Tsev khaws puav pheej hauv St. Petersburg. Thiab tsuas yog xyoo 1823, thaum sau los ntawm John Ungerstine (tus tswv txhab nyiaj, ib txwm nyob ntawm Russia) tau muab tso rau muag, yog qhov kev txiav txim siab yuav nws ua.
Cov sau muaj 38 daim duab, suav nrog ua haujlwm los ntawm Raphael thiab Hogarth. Thaum xub thawj lawv tau nthuav tawm hauv Angerstine lub tsev, tab sis raws li kev sau tau nthuav dav, qhov xav tau tshwm sim rau chav tshiab, dav dua. Tus kws kes duab vajtse William Wilkins tau tsim lub tsev tshiab rau National Gallery hauv Trafalgar Square, ntawm ciam teb ntawm West End uas hwm thiab cov zej zog txom nyem nyob rau sab hnub tuaj. Ib tsab cai lij choj ntawm tsab cai 1857 tau hais tias: "Lub hom phiaj kawg ntawm chav ua yeeb yaj kiab tsis yog los khaws cov duab, tab sis muab sijhawm rau tib neeg kom tsis txhob siv lawv lub sijhawm ua si."
Kev sau tau nthuav dav sai, thiab ntau daim duab tau yuav los ntawm chav ua yeeb yam thawj tus thawj coj, Sir Charles Eastlake. Nws kuj tau txais nws tus kheej sau los rau hauv chav ua yeeb yam. Cov haujlwm ntawm cov kws kos duab Askiv tau nthuav tawm ntawm National Gallery rau qee lub sijhawm, tab sis tsis ntev tau tsiv mus rau Tate Gallery, uas tshwj xeeb hauv kev pleev xim Askiv.
Thaum Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog Zaum Ob, cov duab tau coj mus rau qhov chaw nkaum hauv Wales, tab sis txhua lub hlis ib qho ntawm cov duab tau rov qab los rau London thiab nthuav tawm hauv cov chav uas tsis muaj dab tsi ntawm chav ua yeeb yam. Xyoo 1945, cov duab thau rov los rau London.
Kev sau ntawm National Gallery suav nrog cov kws ua yeeb yam xws li Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rubens, Velazquez, Rembrandt thiab ntau lwm tus.
