Alexander Marr

Alexander Marr is Reader in the History of Early Modern Art at the University of Cambridge.

The flamboyant painters who made a spectacle of themselves

Nicola Suthor’s study of the self-confident style known as ‘bravura’ is something of a virtuoso affair

17 Aug 2021

The subject of a well-known miniature by Isaac Oliver has long been a mystery, but could the painting’s motto offer a clue to its sitter’s identity?

24 Oct 2020

Should we see the painter as a Renaissance feminist or as a product of her upbringing?

23 Jun 2020