The controversial and chilling demon appeared to fade out of 'The Death of Cardinal Beaufort.' Now, the Joshua Reynolds painting has been restored to include the original fiend.
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 dying cardinal. But the controversial and chilling demon appeared to fade out of the painting over the years, as multiple conservationists worked on it. Now, the painting has been restored to include the original fiend.
But contemporary Erasmus Darwin, a British physician and poet, supported the inclusion of the demon and argued that paintings, like poetry, can express metaphors. Early prints of the painting showed the demon, but in a second printing of the work in 1792, there was an attempt to remove the evil-looking face, according to the Trust.
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