Nicholas Penny

Nicholas Penny
Born (1949-12-21) 21 December 1949 (age 74)
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationShrewsbury School
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
The Courtauld Institute of Art
OccupationArt historian
Employer(s)Clare Hall, Cambridge
Manchester University
Oxford University
King's College, Cambridge
Ashmolean Museum
Balliol College, Oxford
National Gallery
National Gallery of Art
SpouseMary Crettier
Children2

Sir Nicholas Beaver Penny FBA FSA (born 21 December 1949) is a British art historian. From 2008 to 2015 he was director of the National Gallery in London.