righthand says: Despite National Gallery director Nicholas Penny's stated intention to return to smaller, more scholarly shows, an exhibition of Renaissance portraits opening at the National Gallery in October 2008 is more or less guaranteed to attract visitors in droves. Here is an advance preview of the faces on display 01 An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess'), about 1513, by Quinten Massys. 02 Portrait of a Young Boy Holding a Child's Drawing, about 1515, by Giovanni Francesco Caroto. 03 A Man Holding a Coin of Nero (possibly Bernardo Bembo, 1433-1519), about 1474, by Hans Memling. 04 The Emperor Rudolph II as Vertumnus, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, about 1590. This eccentric portrait relates to a poem by the Roman writer Propertius, about the god Vertumnus, protector of growth and fruitfulness. 05 Portrait of a Woman, 'La Bella', by Palma Vecchio 06 Charcoal drawing of Conrad Merkel by Albrecht Dürer. 07 Margaret, the Artist's Wife, 1439, by Jan van Eyck. This portrait will hang near Van Eyck's sel... Great set man |
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