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Humphry Repton at Kenwood: A new vision for the landscape
Repton went on to become the last great landscape designer, but early in his career he worked on new innovations in gardening at Kenwood House, north London, transforming the landscape. His changes can still be seen today - but he didn't get his own way on everything...
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Rembrandt is one of the most celebrated artists in history. This painting, in the Iveagh Bequest at Kenwood, north London, was one of his last and was begun around 1665 when Rembrandt was 59. Among the largest and most imposing of all Rembrandt’s self-portraits, it is celebrated for its technical brilliance and ruthless honesty, offering one of the most distinctive and defining images of the artist.
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From around the middle of the 18th century, many people in Britain began to think about childhood in new ways. At the same time, attitudes to animals were also changing. How was this reflected in the art of the time?
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This magnificent house is open again after a major refurbishment project begun in 2012.
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Farthing & the History of Swagger
Artist Stephen Farthing has long had a fascination with swagger portraiture. This is seen in some of his earliest works as an art student inspired by the grand French court paintings of artist Hyacinthe Rigaud, to more recent works created in response to the 17th-century portraits by William Larkin at Kenwood, London. Find out more about swagger portraiture and take a closer look at some of the historical paintings that have inspired Stephen Farthing’s works, including those represented in Kenwood’s Suffolk Collection.
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250th Anniversary of Landmark Slavery Legal Case
An event is to be held on 22 June at Kenwood to mark the 250th anniversary of a landmark slavery legal case. Kenwood was the home of Lord Mansfield, the judge who made the ruling. New music has been commissioned from Chineke! Junior Orchestra.
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Claude de Jongh’s masterpiece, one of the most popular paintings at Kenwood, provides a unique record of Old London Bridge and the architecture of the city that would be engulfed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London.