A SPOTLIGHT ON BAROQUE HIGHLIGHTS

Free Event Exclusively for Members

An Exclusive Talk for Members of the Ashmolean

The in-person event will take place in the Headley Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom.

Teas, coffee, and cake will be served in the Lecture Theatre from 3pm, when the doors open.

Booking is essential


With Jennifer Sliwka, Keeper Western Art Collection, Ashmolean Museum

Dr Jennifer Sliwka will follow up her previous talk on our collection's Renaissance Highlights with a second talk focusing on the Arts of the Baroque period.

An art historian specialising in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, Jennifer's talk will focus on key works of painting and sculpture from both North and South of the Alps in the Ashmolean collection giving special attention to new acquisitions and major loans.

The talk will be available to watch live on Zoom and a recording will be shared with ticketholders, following the event.
 

Icory sculpture of Venus with Cupid

Venus with Cupid, ivory sculpture by Georg Petel, about 1622-1624. WA1932.194


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Tickets are £15 for the in-person event, and £10 for the online event.

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