The final painting by artist Lucian Freud before his death in July will be going on show for the first time at London's National Portrait Gallery in February 2012. The painting, entitled "Portrait of the Hound 2011" depicts Freud's assistant David Dawson posing nude alongside his dog Eli.

The painting is being hung as part of a show which will see more than 100 paintings and works on paper by Freud go on display. Currently being being billed as "most ambitious exhibition of the artist's work for 10 years", the show will also feature some of Freud's earliest pieces, created in the '40s.

Lucian Freud Portraits will open on 9 February and will run through 27 May, 2012.

The National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H 0HE

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