Find out about the Farnese sculpture collection in a joint talk with the British Museum. 

James Heard discusses van der Werff’s Portrait of a Man in a Quilted Gown featuring a copy of the Farnese Flora, followed by a talk at the British Museum at 3pm on the Farnese Hermes sculpture with Curator of Greece and Rome, Thorsten Opper.

Wednesdays: ‘Making Connections with Sculpture Collections’ – how did artists’ knowledge of great sculpture collections influence their work?

Portrait of a Man in a Quilted Gown

Adriaen van der Werff

1685

Listen to free talks every day Tuesday to Saturday. Every month we present a short series of lunchtime talks. There is a particular theme for each day. If you come on the same day every week, you will find out about paintings that are related to each other.