Tag: Tudor portraits

Artists of Northern Europe, Portraiture, Tudor portraiture

Sir Thomas More – how we know him & his family

Melanie V Taylor

The face of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) is known to us because Hans Holbein the Younger (c1497-1543) painted the portrait that now hangs in the Frick Collection, New York. Sir Thomas More as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancasterhans Holbein the Younger (c1497-1543). Frick Collection New York.Image source : Wikipedia For those interested in the… Continue reading Sir Thomas More – how we know him & his family

Artists of Northern Europe, Illuminated manuscripts, Illumination of legal documents, Original Documents, portrait miniature, Portraiture, Royal Portraits

Thomas Cromwell (1495-1540): Creator of the “Tudor Brand”

Melanie V Taylor

Today we are used to seeing the English royals on TV, in photos on social media, and on the front of our newspapers. Back in the 16th century the royal family were rarely seen in public, therefore their faces were mostly unknown except by the social elite of the court. If I were to ask… Continue reading Thomas Cromwell (1495-1540): Creator of the “Tudor Brand”

poetry and portraiture

Could this portrait be of a young William Shakespeare?

Melanie V Taylor

Previously unknown portrait in a private collection.