[SunkenCiv]

"The Death of Cardinal Beaufort" depicts a scene from Shakespeare's Henry VI Part 2, as the king witnesses the death of Cardinal Beaufort, his great uncle.

National Trust

[tumblindice]

Leave Santa Claus alone!

[Bob434]

is it a demon? Or simply death?

[Carry_Okie]

Quite the composition in basic shapes, but it makes hash of the rule of thirds.

I like it.

[Leaning Right]

Let’s not all get carried away with wild speculation. It’s probably just one of Hillary Clinton’s ancestors, and nothing more.

[Steely Tom]

James Carville.

[AnAmericanMother]

Relax - it's not a demon, it's the personification of death. Reynolds was drawing on a long tradition.

"Dance of Death" drawings were popular from medieval times right up into the 18th century. They simply drew the moral that death comes for all - from the highest to the lowest.

One of the best known is Hans Holbein's series.

Holbein - Dance of Death

[MNDude]

Creepy

[PGalt]

Thanks ‘Civ

Some beautiful works by Joshua Reynolds.

[Tacrolimus1mg]

Probably not a, “hidden demon”, but rather the artist painted over an existing piece and the paint thinned over time. It was common for painters to re-use canvases or mediums if they weren’t happy with a project. It’s not like these materials were affordable or as common as they are now.

[DannyTN]

I knew a woman with one of those.

[martin_fierro]

Needs more bare breasts er sumpin’

[Blue Highway]

I’m the one that saw some weird faces with gasmasks in the Cybertruk the moment it blew up, but I don’t see a demon face here.. Where is it?