Hidden Faces

Covered Portraits of the Renaissance

Alison Manges Nogueira, Maryan Wynn Ainsworth, Andrea Bayer , Carmen C. Bambach

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
17 June 2024

Renaissance art

"Highlighting the creativity and symbolism of covered portraits, this volume explores an intriguing but largely unknown aspect of Italian and Northern European Renaissance art

Many small Renaissance portraits were richly adorned with covers or backs bearing allegorical figures, mythological scenes, or emblems that celebrated the sitter and invited the viewer to decipher their meaning. Hidden Faces includes seventy objects, ranging in format from covered paintings to miniature boxes, that illuminate the symbiotic relationship between the portrait and its pair. Texts by thirteen distinguished scholars vividly illustrate that the other ""faces"" of these portraits represent some of the most innovative images of the Renaissance, created by masters such as Hans Memling and Titian. Uniting works that have in some cases been separated for centuries, this fascinating volume shows how the multifaceted format unveiled the sitter's identity, both by physically revealing the portrait and reading the significance behind its cover.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

(April 2–July 7, 2024)"

Contributions by: Maryan Wynn Ainsworth, Andrea Bayer, Carmen C. Bambach, Angelica Dülberg
Edited by: Alison Manges Nogueira
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781588397751
ISBN 10: 1588397750
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 17 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alison Manges Nogueira is curator in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.