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The Hood Museum of Art's north facade. Photograph copyright Michael Moran.

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The Illusions of Eighteenth-Century European Portraiture

October 22, 2011, through January 01, 2012

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  • THE ILLUSIONS OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPEAN PORTRAITURE

    The Illusions of Eighteenth-Century European Portraiture installed in the Hood Museum's Temporary Exhibitions Lobby. Photo by Jeffrey Nintzel. 

Series

A Space for Dialogue 66

Location

Temporary Exhibitions, Lobby

About

From ancient times to the present day, portraiture has been a medium in which individuals could create an illusion of themselves in a very selective and proscribed manner. This installation features four portraits, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Elizabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, and Pompeo Batoni, which suggest that portraits are always a construction of some sort, though the attentive viewer can uncover their secrets.

A Space for Dialogue, founded with support from the Class of 1948, is made possible with generous endowments from the Class of 1967, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Jr., Class of 1966, and Pamela J. Joyner, Class of 1979.

Exhibition Curator

Courtney Chapel

Exhibition subject: A Space for DialogueEurope