Sandro Botticelli · 1487
Glasgow · Founded 1901
Dali's Christ of Saint John of the Cross hangs in a red sandstone palace, and it costs nothing to see. Free, in Kelvingrove Park in the West End, with the university on the hill above it.
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Sandro Botticelli · 1487
The Cestello Annunciation is a tempera painting on panel made in 1489 by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli. It was painted for the patron Benedetto di Ser Giovanni Guardi to adorn the church of the Florentine monastery of Cestello, which is now known as Santa Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi.
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle
James McNeill Whistler · 1873
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle is an 1872, 73 oil painting by James McNeill Whistler.
Lady in a Fur Wrap
Alonso Sánchez Coello · 1577
Lady in a Fur Wrap is an oil painting now generally attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello, dated between 1580 and 1588 and now held at Pollok House in Glasgow. The identity of the sitter is uncertain, theories suggest the portrait to be a depiction of Catalina Micaela of Spain or Juana de Mendoza, Duchess of Béjar == Description == Against a dark background a young woman gazes at the viewer, dressed in a fur robe covering the rest of her dress.
The Ruling Passion
John Everett Millais · 1885
The Ruling Passion, sometimes called The Ornithologist, is a painting by John Everett Millais which was shown at the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1885. The painting depicts an older man lying on a chaise-longue.
The Walk to Work
Jean-François Millet · 1850
Man in Armour
Rembrandt · 1655
The museum's collections came mainly from the original Kelvingrove Museum in the park and the McLellan Galleries in Sauchiehall Street. It has one of the finest collections of arms and armour in the world and a vast natural history collection. The art collection includes many outstanding European artworks, including works by the Old Masters (Francesco Vecellio's Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy, Rembrandt van Rijn, Gerard de Lairesse, and Jozef Israëls), French Impressionists (such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh and Mary Cassatt), Dutch Renaissance, Scottish Colourists and exponents of the Glasgow School. The museum houses Christ of Saint John of the Cross by Salvador Dalí. The copyright of this painting was bought by the curator at the time after a meeting with Dalí.

United Kingdom · 1856–1941
Sir John Lavery was an Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1864–1925
John Quinton Pringle was a Scottish painter, influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage and associated with the Glasgow Boys.

Kingdom of Great Britain · 1778–1845
John Knox was a 19th-century Scottish landscape artist who painted in the style of Alexander Nasmyth. He is noted for adopting unusual positions from which to paint, such as mountaintops.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1805–1867
Horatio McCulloch, sometimes written MacCulloch or M'Culloch, was a Scottish landscape painter.

United Kingdom · 1883–1937
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell RSA was a Scottish Colourist painter, renowned for his depictions of the elegant New Town interiors of his native Edinburgh, and for his work on Iona.

French · 1859–1891 · pointillism
Georges Pierre Seurat was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough surface.
Christina Mitchell McNeil, the Mother of Ina, Dowager Duchess of Argyll
Thomas Duncan · 1839
Christabel
William Dyce · 1855
The 'Eendracht' and Other Ships of the Dutch Fleet
Willem van de Velde the Younger · 1673
Motherless
G. A. Lawson · 1889
The Deserter
William Kennedy · 1886
Old Willie: The Village Worthy
James Guthrie · 1886
The Port of Algiers
Albert Marquet · 1922
A Golden Eve
Benjamin Williams Leader · 1896
Coal Crane, Clichy
Paul Signac · 1884
Hours
Monday to Thursday and Saturday, 10:00 to 17:00. Friday and Sunday, 11:00 to 17:00. Confirm on www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum#museums before you travel.
Admission
Free entry.
Getting there
Argyle Street.
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