Katherine of Aragon
1 portrait
Private collection; photograph © National Portrait Gallery, London
Katherine of Aragon
attributed to Lucas Horenbout (or Hornebolte)
watercolour on vellum, circa 1525-1526
1 1/2 in. (39 mm) diameter
Lent by an anonymous lender, 2009
Primary Collection
NPG L244
Sitterback to top
- Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536), First Queen of Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 17 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Lucas Horenbout (or Hornebolte) (circa 1490-1544), The 'King's Painter', court miniaturist to Henry VIII. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This miniature is executed in watercolour on vellum mounted onto a piece cut from a playing card. The reverse of the card has the face of a Queen, although it is unclear from which suit.
Events of 1525back to top
Current affairs
The Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey gives Hampton Court Palace, completed in 1516, as a gift to Henry VIII.Art and science
The New Testament is translated into English by William Tyndale.International
The Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is defeated and captured by the forces of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He is imprisoned and forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Madrid.The Peasants' War in German ends with the lords defeat of the rebel peasants at the Battle of Frankenhausen and the execution of the revolutionary preacher Thomas Müntzer.
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