Tudor Era Costumes in Paintings Page 1

Costumes of the Tudor Era - 1
The following text is © by Lara Eakins and is reproduced here by gracious permission for our Guild's historical and educational purposes.
The scanned images and documentation are also the work of Lara.

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Picture Credits

1. Robert Dudley

2. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Painted by an unknown artist in about 1575, oil on panel, 108 x 82.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

3. Robert Dudley
At Parham, West Sussex

4. Robert Dudley c.1580 by an unknown artist
(sometimes identified as Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk)
National Portrait Gallery, London

5. William Cecil

6. Charles Brandon with his wife, Mary Tudor
At Woburn Abbey, in the collection of The Marquess of Tavistock
and the Trustees of the Bedford Estate

7. Francis I, King of France

8. Robert Devereux
National Gallery of Ireland

9. Robert Devereux in his robes of nobility

10. Raleigh in about 1590
Copy of an original portrait that is now lost

11. Philip II of Spain

12. Thomas More by Hans Holbein from 1527
Oil on wood, 74.2 x 59 cm
The Frick Collection, New York

13. Miniature of Catherine attributed to Clouet
Victoria and Albert Museum

14. Mary Boleyn, in the style of Holbein
Hever Castle, Kent

15. Lettice Knollys (also Devereux and Dudley)

16. Thomas Howard
Royal Collection, St. James' Palace

17. Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke
Oil on panel, 98.4 x 76.2 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

18. Probably the most recognized portrait of Anne c. 1533
Painted by an unknown artist
Oil on panel, 54.3 x 41.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

19. Another painting of Anne
Painted by an unknown artist
At Hever Castle, Kent

20. The painting of Anne by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)

It was on the basis of this portrait that Henry VIII chose her to be his fourth Queen. Watercolor on parchment mounted on canvas. 65x48 cm. Paris, Musee du Louvre

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