Resumen de Giorgione and the National Gallery
Elena J. Greer, Nicholas Penny
An essay examining the long and complicated relationship between the National Gallery in London and the Venetian artist Giorgione. One of the greatest controversies in the history of the National Gallery was occasioned by director Kenneth Clark's 1937 purchase of four small panels, attributed to Giorgione, that were later correctly identified as the work of Previtali. This mistake may well have stimulated Clark's successor to acquire another work attributed to Giorgione. Discovered in 1931 or 1932 by Giulio Lorenzetti, this work had an even stranger and more troubled history than the misidentified quartet. The question of the authenticity of the painting, entitled Il Tramonto, was raised by the degree of restoration that had been carried out upon it. This article examines the gallery's relationship with Giorgione's work as it evolved under the gallery's various directors.
