Two Women Wearing Cosmetic Patches
Two Women Wearing Cosmetic Patches (c.1655) will be on display in the Women鈥檚 Library at Compton Verney from 21 November.
The painting is the centrepiece of a display that reveals insights to attitudes towards morality and race.
Displayed alongside the painting will be John Bulwer鈥檚 famous book Anthrometamorphosis: the man transform鈥檇 or, the artificiall changeling (1653) and Francis Hawkin鈥檚 A discourse upon some innovations of habits and dressings against powdring of hair, Naked-Breasts, Black Spots and other unseemly Customes,1653, on loan from Trinity College, Cambridge. Both books bear illustrations that are similar to the painting and give context to the potential reason for the paintings creation.
There will also be a short video about the conservation process and research project the painting has undergone at Yale Center for British Art.
Whilst on display we hope to work with artists and community groups to encourage conversation regarding the nature and messages within the painting.
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Two Women Wearing Cosmetic Patches (c.1655) will be on display in the Women鈥檚 Library at Compton Verney from 21 November.
The painting is the centrepiece of a display that reveals insights to attitudes towards morality and race.
Displayed alongside the painting will be John Bulwer鈥檚 famous book Anthrometamorphosis: the man transform鈥檇 or, the artificiall changeling (1653) and Francis Hawkin鈥檚 A discourse upon some innovations of habits and dressings against powdring of hair, Naked-Breasts, Black Spots and other unseemly Customes,1653, on loan from Trinity College, Cambridge. Both books bear illustrations that are similar to the painting and give context to the potential reason for the paintings creation.
There will also be a short video about the conservation process and research project the painting has undergone at Yale Center for British Art.
Whilst on display we hope to work with artists and community groups to encourage conversation regarding the nature and messages within the painting.
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There is so much to be said, and much still to be learned, about this one astounding and complex painting, and this two-year evolving display at Compton Verney hopes to offer an enlightening introduction.
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