Download or read book A Companion Guide to the National Gallery of Scotland written by National Gallery of Scotland and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The National Gallery of Scotland is widely regarded as one of the finest smaller galleries in the world. The collection includes the greatest names in Western art such as Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Watteau, Tiepolo, Canova and many of the impressionists and post-impressionists. It also contains the most comprehensive collection of Scottish art with masterpieces by Ramsay, Raeburn and Wilkie, as well as a host of less familiar names who all made their own contributions to one of the most distinctive of the smaller national schools. This book offers a guide to the collection as well as an accessible and informative introduction to the history of art."--Back cover.