Thanks as always Jessica for illuminating paintings perhaps known but superficially observed. Your eye for detail and its historical context is incredible. I would spend time with you in any museum as I would be sure to learn something new!
@boggled007
27 күн бұрын
That was incredibly interesting and beautifully presented (and no irritating background music!). Watching this is, without doubt, time well spent. Thank you.
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@newgabe09
7 күн бұрын
Thanks for mentioning the freedom from background music. It's such a relief to find!
@jenniferd6242
26 күн бұрын
As a neurodivergent, I'd just like to say how happy I am to see T Rex arms on a fifteenth century painting. Me too, girl. Me too.
@TheMuseumGuide
26 күн бұрын
😂😂😂 which one?
@jenniferd6242
26 күн бұрын
A Satyr Mourning a Nymph. I realized after your intro that she is obviously deceased, but probably also has a smidge of the 'tism.
@TheMuseumGuide
26 күн бұрын
@@jenniferd6242 I love that you’re diagnosing a mythological creature with autism. 🤣
@megamegamega
10 күн бұрын
but for real, Piero’s eccentricities particularly the egg habit are ringing my tism bell- he also had RA/undiagnosed connective issues; it’s being studied now, the possible link between ND and immune system conditions etc. verrrry interesting! i also t-rex my arms, btw lolol
@chrisball3778
27 күн бұрын
2:46 I love that Cosmos' main saintly attribute is a bottle of piss. That's literally one way you know he's in an artwork- he's often portrayed holding a bottle of piss because he was a doctor and doctors examine urine samples. Other saints get something to do with their life, mythology or martyrdom. Peter gets keys. Catherine gets a wheel. Cosmos gets a piss bottle. Saint Peter Martyr was assassinated by Cathar heretics because of his anti-heresy stance, so he became the patron saint of the Inquisition. The hitman who they hired later repented of his heresy, became a monk and was beatified. Quite the career arc.
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
It IS?!?! I missed this! Everywhere I read just mentioned that he has a medicine box. 🤣 a bottle of piss is so much more on brand for my videos!
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
I’m so sad. 😭
@chrisball3778
27 күн бұрын
@@TheMuseumGuide The liquid in the glass is very... yellow. I've seen a whole bunch of depictions of him with the piss flask. Inspecting urine was genuinely a pretty defining aspect of being a doctor in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They would examine the colour, smell, and even taste it. Which sounds insane, but sweet urine was actually a really good indicator of diabetes, making it one of the most scientific diagnostic tests they had. As a result, urine flasks became a pretty common visual shorthand for identifying someone as a doctor in art. I'm so glad you included Salvator Rosa's Witches. I love that bonkers painting, and was hoping it made the cut when I saw the video title. Also I'm sadly among the people who've never noticed those wonderful mosaics, so I'll definitely be on the lookout for them next time I go to the NG. Thanks so much for the video.
@janepeterson3016
4 күн бұрын
YES to a Courtauld Gallery tour, please!
@kevinmejia3244
27 күн бұрын
I very excited to see you’re basque region witch museum video. My mother’s side was from there, until they fled sometime after ww1 to Mexico to have my grandmother, where there is a large basque community there. It would be interesting to see anything historical about the basque area. My grandmother never talks about her heritage, I suppose like most immigrants you don’t talk about the past you just keep working hard to make a better future.
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
My husband and I love the Basque region - we try to go every few years!
@jacky3580
4 күн бұрын
I’m always fascinated by the dirty finger nails. So many of the portraits were so.
@alibenkahn5092
23 күн бұрын
Awesome erudition as usual! Would love to see all the other possible videos you mentioned. Thanks for your great work.
@lynnblack6493
18 күн бұрын
Well done! Loved the inclusion of depiction of the artists, self portrait or sketched. Fun to see who did the work!
@jenniferryersejones9876
27 күн бұрын
Enjoyed this immensely! As always, yes to tours of any museums you wish. Thanks, Jessica!
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@lmp8932
27 күн бұрын
My feelings exactly!
@stevemasterton1577
27 күн бұрын
Thanks for giving me a tour as here in New Zealand we have nothing like them
@Bessence-qt8oc
23 күн бұрын
I’ve just dicovered you recently. Love these guides ❤
@TheMuseumGuide
15 күн бұрын
Glad you like them!
@gretchenbaker7435
24 күн бұрын
I think I should have had at least 5 minutes. This lady has been my favorite portrait of all time. She looks so strong and vibrant!
@TheMuseumGuide
24 күн бұрын
I love it! Hopefully I did you justice. 😉
@aikaterinizampiti5475
20 күн бұрын
I've recently visited the NG but in a disturbingly great hurry, as my daughter was so reluctant to go in the first place. Your video has cordially offered me the pleasure of admiring thorougly the paintings. It has certainly added to my knowledge, too. Your work is truly spectacular, I've watched some more of your videos, so please keep researching and guiding us to museums and places of your choice. Genuinely thankful.
@TheMuseumGuide
20 күн бұрын
Comments like yours make it all worthwhile. ❤️❤️❤️
@honeybadgergrrl77
27 күн бұрын
Yay a new Museum Guide! I love these.
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
Awww, thanks!
@That_Emily
22 күн бұрын
That cupid pose is me trying to get a good angle for my dating profile pics 😂
@TheMuseumGuide
22 күн бұрын
💀💀💀
@greensky01
26 күн бұрын
@16:42 “the ugly duchess”in my opinion , as someone in the healthcare field, is most likely due to acromegaly. Acromegaly is a disease of excess growth hormone beyond normal growth years. It causes the continuous growth or development of both body and internal organ. With acromegaly the facial characteristics are apparent with the wide jaw, large forehead, and appearance of a an aged person. Acromegaly can cause a relative young person to look very aged as it also affects internal organs and hormones dysregulation. I however do not believe it to be Paget’s disease because with it the bones grow asymmetrically and irregularly.
@TheMuseumGuide
26 күн бұрын
That makes a lot of sense!
@OldSusy-rc7dh
18 күн бұрын
Fascinating! I have studied art and also have visited this museum countless times and have seen all these works, but I still learnt so much. Thank you!
@sunshinewtwodollasigns100
Күн бұрын
33:57 "I think this guy served me an expensive coffee earlier" 😂
@mercedes523
27 күн бұрын
This was so fascinating! Thank you!
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@angelabrothers
27 күн бұрын
Amazing! I am fascinated 😊 Thanks so much 🤘🇨🇦
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@kateg7298
Күн бұрын
In the painting with the fly, flies in the middle ages could have symbolized that she was morally unsound or it could be a sign of transformation. But I like your idea that it was an inside joke. Can you imagine being known for hundreds of years as the lady with the fly on her head?
@Moggiesix
28 күн бұрын
How did you get into this career?
@TheMuseumGuide
28 күн бұрын
I have worked in museums, studied them academically, and been a tour guide for many years!
@LindaLinda80Linda
8 күн бұрын
Thank you. You have become my art history professor.
@TheMuseumGuide
8 күн бұрын
I’m honoured!
@ronhuhn7562
27 күн бұрын
Any tours expanding on the subject matter presented here would be most welcome, thank you
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
You’re so welcome.
@springtrap1796
5 күн бұрын
20:35 she looks like she’s about to ask us where the spirits are like in that one scene from corpse bride! 😂
@deniseramosgonzalez4799
7 күн бұрын
I am so glad I found your channel, your explaination of art is just incredible. I would definitely look you up if I went on a tour in the UK ❤😊
@GrandmaTurtle
15 күн бұрын
Loved the Nonty Python reference!
@markhawes6639
11 күн бұрын
We love your videos, this along with Highgate were really interesting! Thank you!
@TheMuseumGuide
11 күн бұрын
Thank you,Mark!
@elizaa3523
27 күн бұрын
Another great video. Pepple have always been weird 😂
@beebeelicious
28 күн бұрын
Really enjoyed that thank you!
@TheMuseumGuide
28 күн бұрын
You’re so welcome!
@corinnedefazio9178
25 күн бұрын
Just found you! Fantastic!❤
@TheMuseumGuide
24 күн бұрын
Thanks for subbing!
@stellacollins3114
21 күн бұрын
I’ve been to Boscastle, it’s a beautiful place , never been to the museum though as we were hiking at the time
@sunsetpalms1923
19 күн бұрын
Well that was a fun and informative video, I liked it!
@TheMuseumGuide
19 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@JustMe-ks8qc
27 күн бұрын
Now all I have to do is convince my grumpy 14 year old son to go back to the National Gallery with me. When we went last summer, I dashed through ('dashed' is a bit optimistic- I was on crutches) and managed to see the paintings in your top 10 video, plus crying a bit in front of my favourite Monet, Van Gogh and Da Vinci. Thanks to you, I noticed so many lovely and weird things in your top 10. Next time, I'll be able to look out for the REALLY weird stuff. I had to bribe him with visiting the M&M store last time, maybe I'll have to waste my money by buying some next time. The M&M store offends me far more than seeing a contorted baby groping and kissing his mother.
@aikaterinizampiti5475
20 күн бұрын
Incredible! Same here! Almost running through the rooms of the gallery, hurriedly just glimpsing the paintings, yet spending so much time in M&Ms store. God...such a bore. What can I say... generation gap triumphs and mother-daughter tolerance put to the test 😅😅😅
@JustMe-ks8qc
20 күн бұрын
@@aikaterinizampiti5475 What I really don't get is that you could buy M&Ms from just about any newsagents for a fraction of the price, but he has never EVER asked for M&Ms or picked them himself. M&M store? He would have spent hundreds if he had it. I had to confiscate his wallet.
@TheMuseumGuide
15 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@suzanparrish4798
27 күн бұрын
Thank you!🎉🎉🎉🎉
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
You’re welcome 😊
@johnnzboy
11 күн бұрын
These videos really are wonderful, allowing me to revisit the museums of London that I once knew well. How wonderful to see these noteworthy artworks and related pictures (I can never get enough of Cranach the Elder or Bronzino) and learn the fascinating details of their backgrounds. Please forgive me for being a pedant, but for future reference '-che' and 'chi' are pronounced like 'k' in Italian, hence 'macchiato', ''gnocchi', zucchini' and the artist's name 'Domenichini'. It's '-ce/-ci' that are pronounced 'ch', like 'ciao', 'pancetta' 'arancini' or 'Dolce e Gabbana'. Your videos are so good, I want them to be perfect :)
@TheMuseumGuide
11 күн бұрын
Oh, that makes sense!
@PamPoarch-ht5qn
27 күн бұрын
Fascinating🤔
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
I think so too!
@JuliaARubin
27 күн бұрын
Thank you for this fascinating tour. I love the unusual and unique perspectives, so this was a delight! One thing that I’ve noticed before and again today is that the Ugly Duchess has very sad eyes. I’m thinking that this painting may have been a last ditch effort to look pretty… I don’t know, but I feel sad for her.
@terencegamble4548
18 күн бұрын
Very interesting and entertaining. Thank you.
@TheMuseumGuide
15 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@eleanorlaurent2303
27 күн бұрын
Ladybird!
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@OzzieJayne
27 күн бұрын
Thank you, many of them are among my many favourites 💜
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
You're welcome 😊
@kennethwu115
27 күн бұрын
Really enjoy your videos. Very educational.
@TheMuseumGuide
15 күн бұрын
Glad you like them!
@denisestover2416
16 күн бұрын
30:36 The Greeks made the cyclops from skulls of mammoths/elephants.
@TheMuseumGuide
15 күн бұрын
I should have mentioned! I do include this in my Hunterian video. But they also would have seen animals with congenital issues causing one eye.
@pjbth
3 сағат бұрын
Del cosimio strikes me as a cartoon guy lol
@wilhelm-z4t
11 күн бұрын
I'm wondering if the "fly" might also be a reference/pun on the artist's name. Perhaps, the artist's surname was Fliege? or some variant like Flege, Fleeg, Fleege, Flegge, and Fleig? I believe this surname is today most common in southern Germany. The painting is supposed to come from Swabia ... so?
@TheMuseumGuide
11 күн бұрын
It could be! But I don’t think they’ve found any evidence for this.
@llamasunshine
28 күн бұрын
I’d love to see videos of you at those witchcraft museums!!!! Thanks for doing what you do, I love these videos and I love that you said paint the house DOWN! Are you a drag race fan? 😅 appreciate you!!!
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
I almost said "paint the house down boots."
@TealCheetah
27 күн бұрын
Dr. Kat of Reading the Past here on youtube has a good vid about "The Ugly Duchess" and imo her observations are right on the money.
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
Oooh, I love her!
@maryannjordan8143
26 күн бұрын
I love Venus and Cupid the honey thief
@TheMuseumGuide
15 күн бұрын
Me too!
@dumitrulangham1721
27 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤
@rainstorm5245
23 күн бұрын
👍🏾👍🏾
@j2fly1
27 күн бұрын
Strange thing
@brianwolle2509
25 күн бұрын
cranach's cupid... the mother is standing on a stick shaped exactly like a bow... what does that mean? how did y'all miss that?
@TheMuseumGuide
25 күн бұрын
I don’t really see it as shaped like a bow? It’s also not about missing things- I have to make choices about what to include for time reasons.
@brianwolle2509
25 күн бұрын
@@TheMuseumGuide well i could be wrong but it sure looks like one
@TheMuseumGuide
25 күн бұрын
@@brianwolle2509 I love this so much about great art! We all see different things.
@brianwolle2509
24 күн бұрын
@@TheMuseumGuide don't mind me. i'm an old crab!
@dumitrulangham1721
27 күн бұрын
Why not Black Country living musuem
@TheMuseumGuide
15 күн бұрын
I’d love to!
@heidimueller1039
24 күн бұрын
To be the most ignorant, where is this National Gallery? Britain? USA?
@heidimueller1039
24 күн бұрын
I googled and found out it’s London.
@TheMuseumGuide
24 күн бұрын
It’s London. :)
@maryoregan6770
26 күн бұрын
It's CosmAs not CosmOs.
@TheMuseumGuide
26 күн бұрын
With my accent they sound the same.
@jamesanonymous2343
27 күн бұрын
PRODUCTION BEST DESCRIBED AS ""HAP HAZARD"", A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, & THAT !!
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
What are you talking about?
@reubenroo
27 күн бұрын
Always so rude. Not sure why you bother watching this channel when all you do is snipe. Give it a rest🙄
@jenniferryersejones9876
27 күн бұрын
@@TheMuseumGuide Waste no words on this wanker.
@TheMuseumGuide
27 күн бұрын
@@reubenroo don’t worry- these comments help the algorithm 😂
@jenniferryersejones9876
27 күн бұрын
@@TheMuseumGuide lol! We could point out that the poster's spelling and punctuation are rather haphazard...
@goknowarts
11 күн бұрын
Can you hire an AI voice to help. Thats ME voice is ....Well use AI
@TheMuseumGuide
11 күн бұрын
This makes no sense. Was this written by AI?
@MrMissTrinity
9 күн бұрын
@@TheMuseumGuide What the hell? your voice and words are clear, measured, warm and most importantly human.
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