A hidden face recently uncovered in a 1789 Joshua Reynolds painting proves the devil is in the details. In "The Death of Cardinal Beaufort," Reynolds included a demon-like face lurking behind the ...

“The Death of Cardinal Beaufort” by Sir Joshua Reynolds was originally ... revealing a much more vibrant, accurate painting.” Amanda Holpuch is a general assignment reporter.

the painting depicts a scene where the King witnesses the death of Cardinal Beaufort, wishing him a peaceful (non-demonic) end. Created by Joshua Reynolds in 1789, the piece was contentious as "It ...

Inside a painting of a Shakespearean scene by 18th Century artist Joshua Reynolds, who died in 1792, is a pale, wide-eyed creature with fangs lurking over a man's death bed. The painting is titled ...

A devilish figure that disappeared from a celebrated and controversial 18th Century painting ... Sir Joshua Reynolds painted a demon lurking in the shadows in his picture The Death of Cardinal ...

To the many familiar names that Death has clasped his sheares during the present year must be added, we regret to say, that of Mr. REYNOLDS ... nobler altitude of art had fairly commenced.

The sinister face hovers above the head of a dying clergyman in The Death of Cardinal ... But what are we to make of Reynolds’s devilish detail in his painting, and how does it fit into the ...

The devilish face in Sir Joshua Reynolds’ painting ‘The Death of Cardinal Beaufort’ disappeared after layers of varnish were added to the 1789 artwork. Early restorers added protective ...