![]() ![]() ![]() I traced Titian’s dogs from one composition to another gave Gainsborough’s daughters names fell in love with and foresaw the agonising death on the battlefield of Reynolds’s handsome Captain John Hayes St Leger. In the early days of looking at art, to stave off boredom I made up stories about what was happening in the paintings, particularly to the children and animals. We have just returned from Amsterdam and are planning a trip to Vienna. Many other excursions followed, often with my mother and friends. When I was 12, we went in search of the Piero della Francesca paintings scattered around Italy. The National Gallery in London became a weekend haunt, as did the Wallace Collection, and there were visits to Waddesdon Manor and other National Trust houses - all viewed at breakneck speed (Jacob doesn’t do anything slowly). My father Jacob can’t build a car out of Lego and has little enthusiasm for board games, but he does have an infectious, passionate interest in paintings and was pleased to find a willing disciple.Īs a child, the thrill was being with him loving the paintings came later. Some parents take their children fishing or to football matches mine chose museums and art galleries. For writer and documentary maker Hannah Rothschild, soon to be chair of the National Gallery’s board of trustees, the works of art that resonate are those with stories to tell ![]()
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