37K views · 1.4K reactions | ✨ 12 iconic paintings, 12 amazing venues ✨ To celebrate our Bicentenary, 12 of the nation’s most iconic and well-loved paintings from the collection are being lent to 12 venues across the UK, enabling people from all over the country to see, up close, some of the greatest works in the history of Western art. Find out more about National Treasures and where your favourite paintings are now on display: https://bit.ly/40zyrBh | National Gallery | Facebook

You know those famous paintings you’ve seen a hundred times — the ones hanging in museums or printed on tote bags — but you’ve never really stopped to wonder who those faces belonged to? Turns out, behind every iconic brushstroke there was a real person, with their own story, their own life. In this video, we’re putting faces to the art — 17 real people who inspired some of the world’s most recognizable masterpieces. There’s Jane Morris, the unforgettable Pre-Raphaelite muse whose beauty redefin