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The extraordinary story behind Manet’s portrait of his only pupil Eva Gonzalès, placed within the broader context of women painters of the periodEdouard Manet (1832–1883) only ever had one formal pupil, Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883). The daughter of a prominent writer, she entered Manet’s studio aged 19. He portrayed her the year they met and exhibited the ambitious full-length portrait at the Paris Salon of 1870, at which Gonzalès also displayed her own work, for the first time, to positive reviews.The first in a new series of Discover titles, in which a single work of art in the National Gallery’s collection is reconsidered from a fresh perspective, this book reveals the extraordinary story behind Manet’s portrait by examining it in the context of women’s artistic practice in nineteenth-century Paris, Gonzalès’s development as a professional painter, and Manet’s career in 1870.Combining new art historical research with engaging essays on women artists and their representation in visual culture, Discover Manet & Eva Gonzalès provides a richly illustrated, in-depth study of Manet’s portrait and offers a groundbreaking viewpoint on both artists.Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press
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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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The first book in English devoted to Jan van Eyck’s pioneering contribution to the birth of modern portraiture.Some stories do not have a beginning. Portraiture is one of them. It seems to burst onto the scene fully formed in the 1430s under the brush of Flemish artist Jan van Eyck. Pushing the possibilities of oil painting to convey a convincing illusion of reality, his portraits present us with individuals pulsating with life, every detail of their appearance captured. Van Eyck not only transformed the style of contemporary portraiture but also challenged the definition of who should be portrayed. The men and women in his paintings are not royalty or aristocrats but the artist’s relatives, affluent merchants and successful craftsmen. Rendering their likeness in meticulous detail, van Eyck immortalised these figures through vivid depictions and allowed them to speak to us through enigmatic inscriptions.This book will be the first ever published in English on the artist’s powerful portraits, accompanying a groundbreaking exhibition at London’s National Gallery. Exhibition ScheduleThe National Gallery, London21 November 2026 – 11 April 2027Published by National Gallery Global Ltd/Distributed by Yale University Press