Framed: 'An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess')'
Detail from Massys, 'An Old Woman (‘The Ugly Duchess’)', about 1513
Pupils from Year 6 of Greenslade Primary School in London took inspiration from the painting An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess') by Massys to reflect on the concept of beauty. Listen to the extract from Frank Cottrell Boyce's novel that inspired the pupils.
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The children's work
A child's poem about beauty, as read below
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