It’s the satirical 16th Century portrait that inspired Sir John Tenniel’s illustration of The Duchess in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.But despite being dubbed ‘The Old Duchess’ for more than 150 years, it seems that Quentin Massys’ An Old Woman could well be a portrait of a man.A new assessment of the well-known portrait by the Flemish artist, that hangs in The National Gallery, has thrown up the possibility that the subject could be a male transvestite.
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