Katherine Parr: sixth wife, survivor, nursemaid but she was also a woman of dimensions. In this video I explore her complexities through the art she commissioned of herself.
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Images:
Full-length portrait of Katherine Parr attributed to Master John (circa 1545) © National Portrait Gallery, London.
Portrait of Henry VIII, Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger ( 1537 - 1547) in the Walker Art Gallery.
The Family of Henry VIII (c. 1545), British School at Hampton Court Palace.
The Ambassadors, Hans Holbein the Younger (1533) in the National Gallery.
The Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele, Jan van Eyck (1436) in the Groeningemuseum
Quoted texts:
Susan E. James, The Feminine Dynamic in English Art, 1485–1603: Women as Consumers, Patrons and Painters (2009)
