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Gallery: ‘Building the Picture’ at the National Gallery, London

Highlights from the gallery's upcoming exhibition of Italian Renaissance painting

Saint Zenobius Bishop of Florence restores to life a widow's son killed in Borgo degli Albizzi, Florence (c. 1442–48), Domenico Veneziano © Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

‘Building the Picture: Architecture in Italian Renaissance Painting’ opens at the National Gallery, London, on 30 April. The exhibition takes a closer look at how buildings were recorded, embellished or imagined in the art of the period, and how they contributed to the narrative and symbolism of an artist’s work. We select a few highlights: click on any image to open the slideshow.

Click here for more information about the exhibition and its catalogue

‘Building the Picture: Architecture in Italian Renaissance Painting’ is at the National Gallery, London, from 30 April–21 September.

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