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Quinten Metsys: The Ugly Duchess
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q314275 |
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Title |
label QS:Les,"Una anciana lo grotesco"
label QS:Lde,"Eine groteske alte Frau"
label QS:Lfr,"Vieille Femme grotesque"
label QS:Lnl,"Een groteske oude vrouw"
label QS:Len,"A Grotesque old woman"
Alternative titles: label QS:Les,"Retrato de una anciana"
label QS:Lde,"Porträt einer alten Frau"
label QS:Lfr,"Portrait d'une vieille femme"
label QS:Lnl,"Portret van een oude vrouw"
label QS:Len,"Portrait of an Old Woman" label QS:Les,"La duquesa fea"
label QS:Lde,"Die hässliche Herzogin"
label QS:Lfr,"La Duchesse laide"
label QS:Lnl,"De lelijke hertogin"
label QS:Len,"The Ugly Duchess" |
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Object type |
painting ![]() |
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Genre |
portrait ![]() |
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Description |
It was probably intended to satirise old women who try inappropriately to recreate their youth, rather than as a portrait of a specific person.
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Date |
circa 1513 date QS:P571,+1513-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | oil on oak wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 64.2 cm (25.2 in); width: 45.4 cm (17.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,64.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,45.4U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788 |
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Current location |
room 65 (Southern Germany and Austria) |
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Accession number |
NG5769 |
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Credit line | gift of Miss Jenny Louisa Roberta Blaker, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | National Gallery, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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