Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
The portrait, attributed to Susannah Horenbout, which was thought to be Katherine Parr but has now been identified as Mary.The portrait, attributed to Susannah Horenbout, which was thought to be Katherine Parr but has now been identified as Mary.It’s Mary Tudor – by a nose. Not in a horse race, but from a comparison of portraits of Mary, Henry VIII’s elder daughter who became the first crowned queen of England, and Katherine Parr, his sixth wife.
Just look at the noses of the two women, argues the art historian Emma Rutherford. “Mary’s, frankly, was rather bulbous and upturned, while Parr’s was more aquiline.” Rutherford became doubtful that this portrait was of Parr while curating a new exhibition, The Reflected Self: Portrait Miniatures, at Compton Verney House, Warwickshire. She initially made comparisons with other portraits of the two royal women. The most noted of Parr is Master John’s full length picture, owned by the National Portrait Gallery , while there is a miniature at Sudeley Castle where she died and is buried.
There are other vital, just discovered, clues. Nicola Tallis, a 16th century jewelry expert, noticed that the cross, which the sitter is wearing in the Compton Verney portrait, is similar to one she has on in a small portrait in the NPG, attributed to the Horenbout family. It has four diamonds and three pearl pendants.
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