From Rabelais to the Revolution: The French Afterlife of “The Ugly Duchess”

Dr. Emma Capron will be speaking about Quinten Massys’s "An Old Woman," better known as “The Ugly Duchess.” Capron is Acting Curator of Early Netherlandish, German, and French Painting at the National Gallery, London, where she recently curated ‘The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance’ (2023), and ‘Discover: Manet and Eva Gonzalès’ (2022-23).