Celebrating art with some passion

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The look of love

Celebrate the passion behind some of our well-loved paintings in the run-up to Valentine's Day, from a Rembrandt love story worthy of a power ballad, to a floral favourite with a devoted following.

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Flowers and lovers

Rembrandt's romance

Could 'A Woman bathing in a Stream' be Rembrandt's lover and why did he choose this setting? Join curator Bart Cornelis as he offers some answers.

Duration: 9 minutes

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A fondness for flowers

See how Jan van Huysum's 'Flowers in a Terracotta Vase' resonates with a florist, calligrapher, potter and ornithologist today.

Duration: 10 minutes

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Couples in the collection

The Scale of Love

A couple sits amongst the foliage and plays music to one another. Could they be flirting? Or sharing their passion for music?

See it in Room 40

Sweet music

Samson and Delilah

Rubens's painting portrays a tragedy of love and betrayal, showing the moment when Delilah tells an accomplice to cut Samson's hair, leaving him powerless.

See it in Room 18

Tragic love

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Gift Membership

Treat the one you love to a Membership this Valentine's day and share a year of iconic art from Raphael to Lucian Freud.

Find out more

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Image credits:
Peter Paul Rubens, Samson and Delilah, about 1609-10 © The National Gallery, London
Rembrandt, A Woman bathing in a Stream (Hendrickje Stoffels?), 1654 © The National Gallery, London
Jan van Huysum, Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, 1736-7 © The National Gallery, London
Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Scale of Love, probably 1717-8 © The National Gallery, London
Jan van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434 © The National Gallery, London