Art | Exhibitions | The Great and the Good: Judging Quality in Art
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GREAT: Portrait of a Carmelite Prior (1616) - Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) GOOD: Head of a Young Woman - School of Rubens. Ascribed to Rubens by Sir Joshua Reynolds, but now dismissed - probably work of Johann Boeckhorst (1604-68) |
6 February - 9 May 2004
Main Galleries
The Great and the Good:
Judging Quality in Art
Have you ever wondered what hangs behind the scenes in the Barber Institute's Reserve Gallery - and why? This exhibition offers a chance to study some of these 'hidden assets' alongside the even finer works of art regularly on display in the Main Galleries and to ponder the question: "What distinguishes the great from the merely good in art?"
For more details please read this press release.