Take One Picture: Primary School Children Inspired by Veronese

Take One Picture: Primary School Children Inspired by Veronese

Take One Picture is the National Gallery’s innovative project for primary schools. The works in this display demonstrate the inventive ways in which schools have responded to Paolo Veronese’s Family of Darius before Alexander.

This year’s display will feature a wide range of responses to Veronese’s work, including oral storytelling, three-dimensional art, textiles and digital animation. A recreation of an artist’s studio is also part of the show, complete with easel and wicker chest with costumes, which will be open for visitors during programmed events.

Veronese’s ‘Family of Darius before Alexander’ is one of the largest pictures in the National Gallery’s collection. It shows the family of King Darius III of Persia kneeling before Alexander the Great just after his victory at the Battle of Issus in 333BC. Following Darius’s exile, his family has come to ask mercy from Alexander and his invading army.

Image © The National Gallery, London