Francesca's smooth and soft way of talking and her eloquence made this lecture a pure bliss!

I love her style of telling about art works. From another video, I couldn't stop love her voice and intonation already. thank you so much!!!!

Thank you, Francesca, for this fascinating presentation. I could listen to you forever. Sometimes paintings remain silent, when we don’t know the context, but with your explanation they speak to a viewer.

I'm Near 83 and not likely ever to get to D.C/, But your presentation and way of discussing the yors is it's own, separate reward. Thanks so much.

Superb. In every way. Choice of paintings. Timing. Presentation . Lovely delivery.

A very soft and nice voice. Thank you so much!

@marvinraphaelmonfort8289

4 жыл бұрын

I actually fell asleep lol wonderful discussion. Very meta coz we're at home =]

@lcarr-dx2ki

3 жыл бұрын

@@Millie.com232 I also found the lecturer's voice very soothing! A perfect choice in the circumstances, a bit of gentle kindness. I also found the contents educational and enjoyable - unpretentious but informative. But like Ira Night, in these strange times, I found Ms Whitlum-Cooper's voice noteworthy, and would indeed love to hear more from her!

What a lovely idea to do these art talks! So calming and enjoyable!!

It is a wonderful idea - to make videos like that. Please give us more!)))

This is such a marvelous video. I enjoy it very much, not only because of the amazing paintings, but because the narrator has such a calm voice and explains everything in such a lovely, star-struck way, I can just see how much she loves it, too. Thank you so much for this, and I hope we'll get to see many more videos like this one. Stay safe.

Yess the museum is an oasis! You've described it as I feel and the first Vermeer shown... Lovelyyyy, and the pastel!! I saw I and I couldn't believe it was a Pastel!! Awesome!

I loved this presentation. Very informative and wonderful delivery. You need your own series on BBC4 or Sky Arts.

Thank you so much! What a lovely pause and respite as I sit here under lock-down in beautiful Florence, Italy. Wonderful, casual, presentation. My wife was at your wonderful National Gallery just before Britain began to shut down and she barely made it back to Italy. Thanks again, I love your videos.

Thank you Francesca for your personal and very accessible appreciation of these works of art told in such a calm and soothing voice. A real pleasure.

Thanks for sharing, always love these talks.👍

Thank you so much. A wonderful way to illuminate our confinement , reminding us of how muchwe love the National Gallery.

Thanks very much Francesca! i did enjoy it very much...and had a very relaxing time!

Francesca, we were in the Gallery in 2016 but missed the Lady seated at a virginal. However, in January, they opened the Osaka National Museum here in Japan with works on loan from the National Gallery and low and behold there it was. We spent a good ten minutes in front of it. With the viola da gamba adjacent, it reminded me of how many musicians can't play together and how much they must miss their ensembles. Thanks so much for this miraculous video.

I always find your lectures very uplifting and your exhibition of Boilly was outstanding Thanks Francesca

This art talk gives me really calming effect. Thank you

That was great. Thank you Francesca, lots of ideas for the lockdown now...👍🏼☕🍩🎨😊

Many thanks for this amazing presentation, delivered with exquisite grace!

I loved your concluding message - so full of appreciation, hope, and encouragement. Thank you for grounding us in gratitude for life's simple things 😌

I love the way you tell us about all these small but brilliant, potentially overseen details.

What a brilliant idea, thank you very much for doing this!

Very inspiring. Grand applaud 👏🇩🇰

What a lovely walk through some of the gallery's work. I loved the Liotard and haven't seen his work before.

Wonderful talk. So many u-tubers render poor delivery even if the topic is covered well. This curator’s delivery is gracious, elegant and flawless. She should give more talks.

Thank you very much for bringing the great collection to us.

Very good presentation very much due to her low yet dynamic voice.

This was blissful, please do more x

Much gratitude (and love) from Toronto!

Excellent presentation, thank you. What a voice!

Thank you for your super choices and insight. Watching from Wyoming-full of light!🙋🏼‍♀️

Ordinary things... lovely!!

This is the way to have breakfast! A soft voice talking about art.

Wonderful discoveries, thank you so much! Looking forward to more videos like this!

Brilliant! Thank you for for some wonderful distraction!

Lovely. At this time of lockdown when many (not all I know) of us have slowed down, it was inspiring and calming to watch this. Interesting selection - some I know well, others less. I must go and search for them when the NG is open again. More please!

Magnifique!!! Merci beaucoup 😗

This was very enjoyable, uplifting plus I loved how your stomach growled - close to lunch time? My favorite gallery in the world - thank you so much!!

Lovely, thank you.

thanks a lot you helped us forget these bad times

Hi Fran! Just letting you know I"m here and loving this! So great to see you! : )

That was great! More please.

That was excellent - thank you. One odd detail in the Manet - Eva Gonzalès is not looking at her painting but at a point between it and the artist. To me, that adds a touch of mystery.

Thanks, wonderful thoughts and overviews of the art.. ! Interestingly, at your look at MONET’ S Painting: Imwas reminded of at least one of Edouard Monet’s Graphite Drawings at the “ Art Institute, Chicago: a perfect likenes of one of His Friends ( details escape me at the moment); anyhow, many times wandering they the Art Institute of many years *& loving the creations.. Anyways, we RELOCATED to HELENA Valley MT Recently.. Also, wonderful style and tone talking about these creations ( I have been back to “Art”, creating occasionally over last 30 years or so ( esp OIL, WATERCOLORS)......

Thank you so much, Francesca, for such a wonderful presentation (with the novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring" visible on the bookshelf behind!) communicating the joy and solace (especially at difficult times) brought by art and your love of the Gallery and these lovely works. The Liotard, a technical marvel in pastel. (Sorry, but 2 out of 36 is not one twelfth. Pace "Private Eye": I would get out more but ...)

@zillie8167

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing out the one twelfth thing. I was trying to ignore it but my inner nerd was sitting on my shoulder saying "point it out, go on, point it out". However, it was a wonderful talk; I enjoyed every moment and learned so much in just a few minutes

@oliviablais778

3 жыл бұрын

​@@zillie8167 I wondered if perhaps there's a third Vermeer in the collection (but not housed on the same wall in the same room). She may be used to saying 'we have 1/12th of the world's Vermeers.' That said, what a lovely talk! I am really enjoying what the National Gallery is putting out online right now. These paintings highlighted are not necessarily ones that would have stood out to me on an in-person visit so this is a treat.

Thank you!

Great talk!

I totally love this video, more of it please! Gosh I so wish I lived in London to visit the NG as much as I would like! I don't want to complain, I live in Italy and I have lots of good art here too but I don't know, I must've been a Londoner in a previous life...anyway I hope to come and visit again and again! I am in love with Vermeer so I already knew his paintings there, as well as the one with the boy with the house of cards. I am quite familiar with Degas and Manet but the Liotard painting was a surprise, it's so precious, I have to see it next time (edit: I've just seen it's not on display...what a pity)! thank you so much for the video and see you soon. greetings from Mantova, Italy xx

Looking forward to your next art talk!

Thanks so much, Francesca. I shall be. looking up a couple of these paintings when I next visit as I hadn't seen all of them in the flesh so to speak. Let's hope it's not too long now.... Fingers crossed! 👍😀

Great video.

Very interesting and enjoyable!

Thanks - this was great !! Apart from the Vermeers I would not previously have rated the paintings you showed very highly. However you gave us a whole new perspective on them and it was most interesting. The presentation was technically very good too, especially considering the "lockdown" situation.

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Thanks very much.

Oooops!! NOT the USA National Gallery!!!!! The UK's in London!!! My bad :) 1971 was my last time there. But that makes your presentation all the better. Thanks again..

The instrument in both the Vermeers is not a virginals but a Muselar, that is, like a virginals but with the keys to the right of the case. The plucking point is nearer the centre of the strings because of this, and the sound is more plummy and rounded than that of a virginals.

Just waiting... from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

I LOVE DUTCH PAINTINGS

mr Vermeer was a master of light, thanks to his camera obscura , that's the reason why the painting are the same size, same place, same setting,

i love the handsome young boy ,and the sleeves and the hat, its just fantastic ,

Thank you so much for bringing this marvelous video. Could you please tell me how did you edit this video, and what app you are using? Thanks

Never knew about Eva Gonzales Thanks : )

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Good video, but it would have been nice to include size information since Francesca seems to refer to it so often.

Did Vemeer have a studio?

1:44 This seems like science fiction now

Is the Vermeer painting a restored? It looks pretty dull by the looks of it

When you said Manet only had one pupil my dumb brain thought you meant the dude had a single eye...

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@nationalgallery

2 жыл бұрын

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10:18 she likes dis one doe

sigh... and again, i loved it but more talks=more homework for me. good job though!

PLANDEMIC… Take Time to WATCH !

That is a terrible vandalism of Chardin - shameful.

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