The ugly duchess : beauty & satire in the Renaissance

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The ugly duchess : beauty & satire in the Renaissance

Emma Capron ; with contributions by Martin Clayton and Charlotte Wytema

National Gallery Global, c2023

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Catalog of an exhibition held at The National Gallery, London, from March 16-June 11, 2023

Includes bibliographical references

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Quinten Massys' An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess') is one of the Renaissance's most famous faces. In a fresh review of the iconic image, this book unveils the painting's original context: its status as a pioneering work of satirical art, its debt to Leonardo da Vinci's grotesque drawings, and what it tells us about the period's complex attitudes towards women, age and normative beauty. The painting and its partner, An Old Man, are parodic portraits that mock the supposed lust and vanity of older women. Yet a closer look also reveals a figure defiantly flouting conventions and a painter subverting artistic expectations. The publication traces the eventful afterlife and enduring power of this seminal image: how she gained her nickname 'The Ugly Duchess' and inspired John Tenniel's much-loved illustrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), capturing the imagination of generations of readers. Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: National Gallery, London, 16 March-11 June 2023

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