National Portrait Gallery | Alessandro Raho on his portrait of Dame Judi Dench @nationalportraitgallery | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Artist Alessandro Raho reflects on painting his striking, large-scale portrait of actress Judi Dench. He shares his experience of first meeting her, the surprising link between Judi Dench and Sarah Siddons, and what it was like to be commissioned to make this work by the NPG.

See this portrait on display: npg.org.uk/visit