Quinten Massys’ An Old Woman (‘The Ugly Duchess’) is one of the Renaissance’s most famous faces. In a fresh review of the image, this book unveils the painting’s original context: its status as a pioneering work of satirical art, its debt to da Vinci’s grotesque drawings, and what it tells us about attitudes towards women, age and beauty.


Format Häftad Omfång 80 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag National Gallery Company Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2023-03-14 ISBN 9781857096941