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The Annunciation

Sandro Botticelli · 1487

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Glasgow

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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The Annunciation
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

Collections

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.