8 Aug 2020

Portraits of pregnancy: Mary Kisler

From Saturday Morning, 11:40 am on 8 August 2020

Art historian and curator Mary Kisler is back to discuss a major exhibition in London that explores portraits of the pregnant body over 500 years.

Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is on at the Foundling Museum for the next few weeks.

It recognises the fact that until the twentieth century, women spent many of their adult years pregnant, although these pregnancies rarely feature in art.

The exhibition contains works by artists including Hans Holbein, William Hogarth, and Lucian Freud.
 

Art historian and curator Mary Kisler is back to discuss a major exhibition in London that explores portraits of the pregnant body over 500 years.

Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is on at the Foundling Museum for the next few weeks.

It recognises the fact that until the twentieth century, women spent many of their adult years pregnant, although these pregnancies rarely feature in art.

The exhibition contains works by artists including Hans Holbein, William Hogarth, and Lucian Freud.