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In The Know
Did You Know?
( Do not miss )
The Courtauld Gallery has been called the greatest concentration of Western European art anywhere in the world and features a great collection of Impressionist paintings. It is housed in Somerset House, one of the finest and most important 18th-century public buildings in London.
The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists are top priority, particularly Van Gogh's Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Manet's Bar at the Folies Bergère. Other paintings include Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, also by Manet, The Card Players by Cézanne, La Loge by Renoir, Two Dancers on a Stage by Degas and Gauguin's Tahitian works. The collection goes back to the 15th century, and early masterpieces include works by Cranach the Elder, a superb Holy Trinity by Botticelli and from the early 17th century a large number of paintings by Rubens. There are also some fine 20th-century works.
Address: Somerset House, Strand
Phone: (020) 7848 2526 WEBSITE: www.courtauld.ac.uk
Open: Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun and public hols 12-6
Restaurant: Café (Inexpensive)
Metro: Temple (closed Sun), Covent Garden, Holborn
Accessible: Good
Admission: Moderate. Children free
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