LONDON, UK.- The latest volume in the Gallery’s series of new collection catalogues: 'The Sixteenth-Century Italian Paintings, Volume I', by Nicholas Penny has just been published. It catalogues paintings from Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona, cities characterised by the artistic interaction between them as well as by the influence of Venice. These include works by Lotto, Moroni, Moretto and Savoldo. Some of these pictures are displayed in the newly refurbished Central Hall.

This is the fifth title in the series, which combines scholarship, readability and generous full-colour illustration. The series - made possible by generous sponsorship - reflects the Gallery’s ongoing commitment to scholarly research into the collection, and to bringing this before the public.

Funded with a grant from the American Friends of the National Gallery, and made possible by a generous donation from Arturo and Holly Melosi through the Arthur and Holly Magill Foundation.