Christopher Baker is director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and acting director of the Scottish National Gallery.

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Venus and Vulcan (c. 1545), Jacopo Tintoretto. Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Tintoretto’s drawings fizz with energy and invention at the Morgan

The 500th anniversary of the Venetian master’s birth prompts this celebration of his sprightly draughtsmanship

12 Dec 2018
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Charles I ('Le Roi à la chasse') (detail; c. 1635), Anthony Van Dyck. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Charles I, the connoisseur king

His political judgements may have been poor, but Charles I’s art collection was first rate

3 Mar 2018

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Diptych with scenes of the Passion (detail), (late 13th century). Wallace Collection.

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