Masterpieces with a mask: these are the postcards from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

It may not be the height of originality, because during this pandemic of Covid-19 from coronavirus so many have tried to make masterpieces wear masks, but it was mostly attempts by web users.Now, however, there is a museum that is doing it in a systematic way to produce postcards to remember this 2020. It is the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (UK), which has produced a collection of postcards, Fitzwilliam Masterpieces 2020 Edition, where some of the museum’s major works wear the now popular personal protective equipment.

“The Fitzwilliam Museum,” the presentation reads, “has temporarily closed its doors to the public in March 2020, but the museum’s superb collection remains in place: what happens to these masterpieces when the galleries are empty? How might our favorite paintings do to be entertaining in this very unusual year? All this inspired our new collection, Fitzwilliam Masterpieces 2020 Edition.”

So here’s John Everett Millais’s Bride wears a floral mask, Alfred Stevens’s Liseuse puts it on to read, Sir Matthew Decker’s Daughters painted by Jan van Meyer sport masks to match their little dresses, and even Titian’s Venus doesn’t go without. To see all the postcards (on sale for £3.20 each, or 3.50 euros), just head to the museum’s website.

Masterpieces with a mask: these are the postcards from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

Warning: the translation into English of the original Italian article was created using automatic tools. We undertake to review all articles, but we do not guarantee the total absence of inaccuracies in the translation due to the program. You can find the original by clicking on the ITA button. If you find any mistake,please contact us.