Apollo: Gainsborough's 'Vandyke' Portraits

January 6 2022

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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

January's edition of Apollo features an article on Thomas Gainsborough's 'Vandyke' portraits. The piece, penned by Juliet Carey, Senior Curator of Waddesdon Manor, anticipates the upcoming return of Gainsborough's Blue Boy. Furthermore, it has been revealed that Waddesdon Manor's Pink Boy is currently being cleaned before it appears in the exhibition.

One can't imagine the transformation this conservation will have on this brilliant painting:

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