Art historian and curator Mary Kisler is back to discuss a major exhibition in London that explores portraits of the pregnant body over 500 years.
Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is on at the Foundling Museum for the next few weeks.
It recognises the fact that until the twentieth century, women spent many of their adult years pregnant, although these pregnancies rarely feature in art.
The exhibition contains works by artists including Hans Holbein, William Hogarth, and Lucian Freud.
Unknown Artist. "Textile Panel with Embracing Figures" (The Visitation.) Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Attrib. to Marcus Gheeraerts the younger. "Portrait of an Unknown Lady" c.1595. Tate
Hans Holbein II "Cecily Heron", Royal Collection Trust, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1527
William Hogarth "The March of the Guards to Finchley" 1750 ©- The Foundling Museum
Isaac Cruikshank, "Frailties of Fashion", 1793. British Museum, London. © Trustees of the British Museum
Lucian Freud."Portrait of Kitty Garman", 1947. Photograph Bridgeman Images
Patrick George. "June in Bed", 1955. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre. © the artist's estate. Photo credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Chantal Joffe "Self-portrait" 2004 © Chantal Joffe Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London Venice
Awol Erikzu, "Beyonce Pregnant", 2017
Art historian and curator Mary Kisler is back to discuss a major exhibition in London that explores portraits of the pregnant body over 500 years.
Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is on at the Foundling Museum for the next few weeks.
It recognises the fact that until the twentieth century, women spent many of their adult years pregnant, although these pregnancies rarely feature in art.
The exhibition contains works by artists including Hans Holbein, William Hogarth, and Lucian Freud.
Unknown Artist. "Textile Panel with Embracing Figures" (The Visitation.) Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Attrib. to Marcus Gheeraerts the younger. "Portrait of an Unknown Lady" c.1595. Tate
Hans Holbein II "Cecily Heron", Royal Collection Trust, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1527
William Hogarth "The March of the Guards to Finchley" 1750 ©- The Foundling Museum
Isaac Cruikshank, "Frailties of Fashion", 1793. British Museum, London. © Trustees of the British Museum
Lucian Freud."Portrait of Kitty Garman", 1947. Photograph Bridgeman Images
Patrick George. "June in Bed", 1955. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre. © the artist's estate. Photo credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Chantal Joffe "Self-portrait" 2004 © Chantal Joffe Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London Venice
Awol Erikzu, "Beyonce Pregnant", 2017
