The National Galleries of Scotland boasts one of the finest collections of Western paintings in the world, with works by artists from the Renaissance to the late 19th century including Rapahel, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Renoir and Monet, to name a few. This exhibition hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is an opportunity to savour Britain’s most treasured artworks in Japan, including Veláquez's early masterpiece 'The Old Woman Cooking Eggs'.
Divided into four chapters (Renaissance, Baroque, The Age of the Grand Tour and Pioneers of the 19th Century), the exhibition features 90 different pieces ranging from watercolours to oil paintings.