Feminine Beauty from Van Dyck to Sargent
The concept of the ‘English Rose’ will be celebrated in a major new exhibition this summer. The catalyst for ‘The English Rose – Feminine Beauty from Van Dyck to Sargent’ – a salute to 400 years of society beauties – is a portrait recently acquired by the Museum via Arts Council England, in lieu of inheritance tax from the estate of the Duke of Northumberland. Read more.
Suzanne Valadon’s shifting gaze