Tudor Era Costumes in Paintings Page 3

Costumes of the Tudor Era - 3
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. The Rainbow Portrait
Attributed to Isaac Oliver
In the collection of the Marquess of Salisbury
On display at Hatfield House

2. Elizabeth I
Painted by John Bettes the Younger
Hever Castle, Kent

3. Elizabeth near the end of her life

4. Henry VII in 1505
Attributed to Michel Sittow
Oil on panel, 42.5 x 30.5 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

5. Another painting of Henry VII by an Uknown artist
The Bridgeman Art Library, London

6. And still yet another portrait of Henry

7. Young Henry VIII c. 1511
Painted by an unknown artist
National Portrait Gallery, London

8. Henry at approx. age 40. by Joos van Cleeve
The Royal Collection ©Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

9. A portrait of Henry by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) made c. 1536
Oil on panel, 28x20 cm. Madrid, the Thyseen-Bornemisza Collection

10. A copy of the portrait by Holbein above. Lower quality than the Holbein original, especially lacking the attention to details that Holbein is known for.
Oil on copper, 27.9 x 20 cm
National Portrail Gallery, London

11. Henry VIII attributed to Hans Eworth c. 1545
Bridgeman Art Library, London

12. Henry VIII wax figure from Madame Tussaud's in London
Photograph by Lara E. Eakins

13. Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger
Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

14. Henry VIII by an unknown artist (after Holbein, see above)
From the late 16th century; Oil on canvas, 239.4 x 148 cm
Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

15. Henry VIII from later in life
Said to be by Hans Holbein
At Hever Castle, Kent

16. Henry VIII by an unknown artist from abt. 1542
Oil on panel, 88.9 x 66.7 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

17. A painting of Queen Jane by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)
Oil on wood, 65x40.5 cm Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

18. Wax figure of Jane Seymour from Madame Tussaud's in London
Photograph by Lara E. Eakins

19. The most commonly seen portrait of Katherine c. 1545
Attributed to William Scrots
Oil on panel, 63.5 x 50.8 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

20. Another portrait of Katherine. Painted by an unknown artist
I have only seen this painting twice where it was identified as Katherine Parr, but there is not a huge resemblence to the portrait above. Some of that may be due to the stylizationthat was common of portraits of that time.

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of the Isle of Standauffish

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