Jacques Callot, The Temptation of Saint Anthony (second version) (detail), 1635. Etching on laid paper. 35.6 × 46.2 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 1993. Photo: NGC

Lectures and Talks

Meet the Expert: Beautiful Monsters (in English)

Thursday, January 23, 2020,
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm
National Gallery of Canada Gallery C218
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4
Canada

Dragons, seven-headed monsters, human-animal hybrids… Beautiful Monsters Curator Sonia Del Re explains why these fantastic creatures appear in numerous prints and drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque.

Free event. 

In English with bilingual question period.

Thursday, January 23, 2020,
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm
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Featured Exhibition

Engraving on cream laid paper. Hendrick Goltzius, The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus, 1588.

Beautiful Monsters in Early European Prints and Drawings (1450–1700)

Witness the unbridled creativity of Renaissance and Baroque artists, such as Albrecht Dürer, in bringing monsters to life in an artful manner.
Jul 18, 2020 to Nov 15, 2020