Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Judi Dench NPG 6671

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Alessandro Raho

Raho has spoken of how he attempted to 'trap something I saw in Judi Dench while she waited in the foyer of the NPG, unaware of me'. The result is a portrayal of the actress in a role cast for her by the artist, highlighting the paradoxical ability of portraiture to make a picture of a person that is both a description of their appearance and a mask. Although photography is an integral part of his engagement with painting, the portrait retains painterly qualities such... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.