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National Gallery of Victoria
Australia's oldest and most visited art museum has Australian and international art, with its famous Great Hall and its stained-glass ceiling, and a wall of water at the entrance.
History of the museum
The gallery was founded in 1861 in the gold-rush city of Melbourne, then one of the richest cities in the world. It moved to its present building by Roy Grounds in 1968. Its Great Hall has a stained-glass ceiling made by Leonard French.
Top pieces
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The Pioneer Frederick McCubbin, 1904 -
Shearing the Rams Tom Roberts, 1890
In our gallery from here (8)
Ulysses and the SirensJohn William Waterhouse · 1891
The Virgin and ChildUnknown artist · 1441
The RescueJohn Everett Millais · 1855
The Banquet of CleopatraGiovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1743
The PioneerFrederick McCubbin · 1904
Shearing the RamsTom Roberts · 1890
Coming SouthTom Roberts · 1886
'The purple noon's transparent might'Arthur Streeton · 1896