The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
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Attributed to Guillim Scrots (Flemish, active 1537– 1553)
Edward VI, King of England, ca. 1547-50 Oil on panel 22 13/16 × 26 3/4 in. (58 × 68 cm) Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Warwickshire Image © Compton Verney Photograph by Jamie Woodley |
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Hans Eworth (Flemish, ca. ca. 1525–after 1578) Mary I, 1554 Oil on wood 41 × 30 3/4 in. (104 × 78 cm) Society of Antiquaries of London Image © The Society of Antiquaries of London |
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Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Flemish, Bruges 1561–1635/36 London)
Queen Elizabeth I (The Ditchley Portrait), ca. 1592 Oil on canvas 95 x 60 in. (241 x 152 cm) National Portrait Gallery, London Image © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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Jean Mallard (French, active 1534/1553) The Psalter of Henry VIII, 1540 Tempera on parchment
8 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. (20.5 x 14 cm) British Library Image © British Library Board, 2.A.XVI |
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Book of Hours of Mary of England, Queen of France, 1500–1505
Vellum (95 leaves), 38 miniatures 24 7/16 x 27 15/16 in. (62 x 71 cm) Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon Photo: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon / Jean-Luc Bouchier |
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Nicholas Hilliard (British, Exeter ca. 1547–1619 London) Heneage (or Armada) Jewel, ca. 1595–1600 Enameled gold, table-cut diamonds, Burmese rubies, rock crystal, and a miniature on vellum 2 3/4 × 2 in. (7 × 5.1 cm) Victoria and Albert Museum Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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Design attributed to Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome) The Triumph of Hercules, ca. 1540 Wool, silk, and gilt-metal- and silver-wrapped thread 15 ft. 11 5/16 in. x 21 ft. 1 15/16 in. (486 × 645 cm) Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022 |
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Benedetto da Rovezzano (Italian, Pistoia, 1474–ca. 1554) Angel, 1524–29 Bronze, cast 39 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 13 in. (101 × 50 × 33 cm) Victoria and Albert Museum Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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Furnishing Textile, late 15th–mid-16th century Silk and metal thread
10 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 68 in. (318.8 x 172.7 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (67.55.101) |
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Attributed to Nicholas Bellin of Modena (Italian, Modena, ca. 1490–1569 London)
Design for an Interior with the Arms of Henry VIII— Whitehall, ca. 1545 Pen and ink on beige paper. 8 1/16 x 10 13/16 in. (20.5 x 27.5 cm) Musée du Louvre Image © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY |
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Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London) Henry VIII, ca. 1540 Oil on panel 93 5/8 × 52 3/4 in. (237.9 × 134 cm) Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool (WAG 1350) Image Courtesy National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery |
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Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, (Flemish, 1561–1635/36) Elizabeth I (The Rainbow Portrait), ca. 1602 Oil on canvas 50 3/8 x 40 in. (128 x 101.6 cm) Reproduced with the permission of the Marquess of Salisbury, Hatfield House Image ©Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, UK/Bridgeman Images |
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Ewer from Burghley House, Lincolnshire
Chinese porcelain 1573–ca. 1585, British mounts ca. 1585 Hard-paste porcelain, gilded silver Height: 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1944 (44.14.2) |
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R W (British) Cup with Cover, 1590–91 Mother-of-pearl, gilded silver 7 3/4 × 4 × 4 in. (19.5 × 10 × 10 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968 (68.141.120a, b) |
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Unknown English Artist
Abd al-Wahid bin Mas’ood bin Mohammad ‘Annouri, 1600 Oil on oak panel 44 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches (113 x 87.6 cm) Birmingham University, Campus Collection of Fine and Decorative Art (BIRRC-A0427) Image © Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham |
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Nicholas Hilliard (British, Exeter ca. 1547–1619 London) Sir Anthony Mildmay, Knight of Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, ca. 1590–93 Watercolor on vellum, laid on card, mounted on wood 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.3 x 17.4 cm) Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund (1926.554) Courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels); possibly woven under the direction of Paulus van Oppenem, (Brussels, active ca. 1510–45) Detail of Saint Paul Directing the Burning of the Heathen Books, from a nine-piece set of the Life of Saint Paul, before September 1539 Wool (warp), wool, silk, silver, and gilded-silver metal- wrapped threads (wefts) 134 x 216 in. (340 x 550 cm) Private collection |
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Attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London) Design for a Chimneypiece, ca. 1537–43 Pen and black ink, with gray, blue, and red wash 21 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. (53.9 x 42.7 cm) British Museum, London (PD 1854,0708.1) Image © The Trustees of the British Museum |
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