The National Gallery was founded in 1900 and the first chief curator was the painter Georgios Iakovidis. Today the National Gallery collections comprise more than 16.000 works of painting, sculpture, engraving, and other forms of Art, that is the treasury of Modern Greek Art, encompassing the period from the post – Byzantine times until today. Moreover, substantial acquisitions were made, including two masterpieces by Domenicos Theotokopoulos “The Burial of Christ and St. Peter as well as significant sculptures by Rodin and Bourdelle. Approximately 3.000works have been added to the National Gallery collections in recent years. Προβολή μεγαλύτερου χάρτη
