Queen Mary I

1 portrait

© National Portrait Gallery, London

49 Likes voting
is closed

Thanks for Liking

Please Like other favourites!
If they inspire you please support our work.

Buy a print Buy a greetings card Make a donation Close

Queen Mary I

by Master John
oil on panel, 1544
28 in. x 20 in. (711 mm x 508 mm)
Purchased, 1876
Primary Collection
NPG 428

On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery

Sitterback to top

  • Queen Mary I (1516-1558), Reigned 1553-58; daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. Sitter associated with 50 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Master John (active 1544-1545), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.

This portraitback to top

It is probable that this portrait is one for which five pounds was paid in November 1544. Contemporary accounts list 'one John that drew her grace in a table' (a wooden panel) at this date.

Linked publicationsback to top

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

Events of 1544back to top

Current affairs

Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth I) is restored to the line of succession.
King Henry VIII joins English troops at Calais as part of an Anglo-Imperial offensive against France. He besieges and captures Boulogne.

Art and science

The German physician and mineralogist Georg Agricola publishes De Ortu et Causis Subterraneorum (On Underground Origins and Causes), which lays the foundation for the study of physical geology.

International

Four days after King Henry VIII's capture of Boulogne, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V breaks his alliance with England and signs a peace treaty with Francis I of France. Henry VIII continues to wage war against France alone.

Comments back to top

We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.

If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.

Sylvia Ragis

19 December 2018, 06:54

Mary is very carefully not wearing or holding any visible signs of religious afiliation.