Installation view of Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance. Photo: Eileen Travell, Courtesy of The Met
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Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance
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So-called hidden portraiture is a relatively unexplored element of Renaissance art. This exhibit explores how portraits’ adornments, emblems and inscriptions reflect the subjects’ characteristics as well as cultural values of the time; on display are works by Hans Memling, Lucas Cranach, Lorenzo Lotto and Titian, among other European painters.
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