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Exhibition Available 2008 - 2009
Great Expectations
Aristocratic Children in European Portraiture
This is a new and totally delightful exhibition of children's portraiture - both royal and noble - spanning the late 16th to the 19th centuries. Taken from the collection of the Yannick and Ben Jakober Foundation in Majorca, Spain, the portraits depict European children from infancy to the teens in their richest and sumptuous best. Lace, velvet and silk brocade abound in every painting.
Among the 40 paintings in the exhibition are portraits of Louis XIII, XIV, XV and XVI, the young Edward VI of England, a teenage Charles I, subsequently famously beheaded, and princes and princesses of German and Italian principalities, the Spanish monarchy, and the prosperous low countries. This gallery of illustrious historic figures will provide viewers with a unique view into times and lifestyles far removed from the American experience.
Itinerary
8-Week Venues
Columbus Museum of Art - Columbus, OH
February 15 - June 8, 2008
Venue 1 (double booking)
Available
June 21 - August 17, 2008
Venue 2
Available
August 30 - October 26, 2008
Venue 3
Huntsville Museum of Art - Huntsville, AL
November 7, 2008 - January 2, 2009
Venue 4
The Society of the Four Arts - Palm Beach, FL
January 23 - March 1, 2009
Venue 5
Available
March 20 - May 17, 2009
Venue 6
Portrait of Edward VI of England (1537 – 1553)
when Prince of Wales
English School
c. 1549
oil on canvas