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John Peacock: What Makes an Aristocrat?
Category: Arts
Duration: 01:03:05
Publish Date: 2009-06-11 05:30:56
Description: Van Dyck's portraits of nobility appear to represent their sitters as superior beings, 'naturally' entitled to the pre-eminence which they enjoyed. This entitlement, through lineage or genetic inheritance, was vigorously questioned during the 16th century
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