And Emma Capron, associate curator of Renaissance painting at the museum, made the intelligent decision to emphasize the humor of “An Old Woman (‘The Ugly Duchess’),” a portrait by Quinten ...

Yet, despite her appearance, the portrait — more often referred to as “The Ugly Duchess” — is so captivating that it made the old woman one of the most unforgettable figures of her time.

A new exhibition at the National Gallery in London makes the case that the Renaissance painting ‘The Ugly Duchess‘ is not what you think.

The Duchess was reunited with its most probable righthand counterpart, Massys’s more realistic “Portrait of an Old Man” (c. 1517), for the first time for the exhibition.

An Old Woman is also occasionally known as The Ugly Duchess, after it was misattributed as a portrait of Margaret Maultasch, Duchess of Carinthia and Countess of Tyrol, who lived in the 14th century.

According to new research, the oil on oak painting, thought to have been created around 1513, could have been a ‘play on gender’ (pictured: Quentin Massys’ An Old Woman (The Ugly Duchess) ) ...

The 1513 portrait “An Old Woman” by Flemish artist Quinten Massys might well be one of the Renaissance’s most famous paintings. It is also one of the period’s most atypical. With wrinkled ...

In“the ugly duchess: beauty and satire in the renaissance” (on view from March 16 through June 11), curator Emma Capron advocates for a different read of the enigmatic work.

Marianna Cerini, CNN The 1513 portrait “An Old Woman” by Flemish artist Quinten Massys might well be one of the Renaissance’s most famous paintings. It is also one of the period’s most ...