Hidden demon face uncovered in 1789 painting
In "The Death of Cardinal Beaufort," Reynolds included a demon-like face lurking behind the dying cardinal that had faded over the years. Now…
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In "The Death of Cardinal Beaufort," Reynolds included a demon-like face lurking behind the dying cardinal that had faded over the years. Now…
A fiend in Sir Joshua's Reynolds' 1789 painting “The Death of Cardinal Beaufort" has come out of the shadows and into public view.
A devil-like figure, once considered too controversial for audiences has resurfaced from the depths of a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Work by National Trust conservators has seen a depiction of a fiend in a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds re-emerge after more than two centuries of being obscured.
The artist’s controversial depiction of an imaginary fiend had disappeared under layers of paint.