Tudor and Elizabethan portraits
A selection of portraits from 1485 to 1603, many of which are on display at the Gallery or at Montacute House, our regional partner in Somerset. Portraits below are listed in chronological order.
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King Richard III
by Unknown artist
late 16th century
NPG 148
Queen Elizabeth I
by Unknown English artist
circa 1600
NPG 5175
King Henry VII
by Unknown Netherlandish artist
1505
NPG 416
Anne Boleyn
by Unknown English artist
late 16th century, based on a work of circa 1533-1536
NPG 668
King Henry VIII; King Henry VII
by Hans Holbein the Younger
circa 1536-1537
NPG 4027
Jane Seymour
after Hans Holbein the Younger
circa 1537
NPG 7025
Katherine of Aragon
by Unknown artist
early 18th century
NPG 163
King Henry VIII
after Hans Holbein the Younger
probably 17th century, based on a work of 1536
NPG 157
Katherine Parr
attributed to Master John
circa 1545
NPG 4451
Unknown woman, formerly known as Catherine Howard
after Hans Holbein the Younger
late 17th century
NPG 1119
Sir Thomas More, his father, his household and his descendants
by Rowland Lockey, after Hans Holbein the Younger
1593
NPG 2765
Jane Seymour
after Hans Holbein the Younger
circa 1537
NPG 7025
Katherine Parr
by Unknown artist
late 16th century
NPG 4618
King Henry VIII; King Henry VII; Elizabeth of York; Jane Seymour
by George Vertue, after Remigius van Leemput, after Hans Holbein the Younger
1737
NPG D18545
King Henry VIII
by Unknown artist
perhaps early 17th century, based on a work of circa 1542
NPG 496
King Henry VIII
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
circa 1520
NPG 4690
Anne of Cleves
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein the Younger
1648
NPG D11254
Katherine of Aragon
by Unknown artist
circa 1520
NPG L246
Thomas Wolsey
by Unknown artist
1589-1595, based on a work of circa 1520
NPG 32
Sir Thomas More
after Hans Holbein the Younger
early 17th century, based on a work of 1527
NPG 4358
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
after Hans Holbein the Younger
early 17th century, based on a work of 1532-1533
NPG 1727
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
circa 1547-1550
NPG 1851
William Warham
after Hans Holbein the Younger
early 17th century, based on a work of 1527
NPG 2094
Thomas Cranmer
by Gerlach Flicke
1545-1546
NPG 535
King Edward VI
by Unknown artist, after William Scrots
circa 1546
NPG 442
King Edward VI
attributed to William Scrots
1546
NPG 1299
Lady Jane Grey
by Unknown artist
circa 1590-1600
NPG 6804
King Edward VI
by Workshop associated with 'Master John'
circa 1547
NPG 5511
King Edward VI and the Pope
by Unknown artist
circa 1575
NPG 4165
Unknown woman, formerly known as Mary, Queen of Scots
by Unknown artist
circa 1570
NPG 96
Queen Mary I
by Master John
1544
NPG 428
Mary, Queen of Scots
after Nicholas Hilliard
inscribed 1578
NPG 429
Queen Mary I
by Hans Eworth
1554
NPG 4861
Sir Richard Southwell
after Hans Holbein the Younger
late 16th century, based on a work of 1536
NPG 4912
King Edward VI
after Hans Holbein the Younger
circa 1542
NPG 1132
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
after William Scrots
circa 1570-1580s, based on a work of 1546
NPG 4952
Sir William Butts
after Hans Holbein the Younger
late 16th century, based on a work of circa 1540-1543
NPG 210
Nicholas Kratzer
after Hans Holbein the Younger
late 16th century, based on a work of 1528
NPG 5245
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
by Unknown Italian artist
1546
NPG 5291
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
1560s
NPG 2184
Gerlach Flicke; Henry Strangwish (Strangways)
by Gerlach Flicke
1554
NPG 6353
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
by Unknown artist
after 1587
NPG 362
Queen Elizabeth I
associated with Nicholas Hilliard
circa 1575
NPG 190
Queen Elizabeth I
by Unknown continental artist
circa 1575
NPG 2082
Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait')
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
circa 1592
NPG 2561
Queen Elizabeth I
by Unknown English artist
circa 1588
NPG 541
Queen Elizabeth I ('Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses')
attributed to Isaac Oliver
circa 1590
NPG 6947
Queen Elizabeth I
by Unknown English artist
circa 1560
NPG 4449
Sir Thomas Chaloner
by Unknown Flemish artist
1559
NPG 2445
Sir Thomas Gresham
by Unknown Netherlandish artist
circa 1565
NPG 352
Sir Henry Lee
by Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro)
1568
NPG 2095
Sir Philip Sidney
by Unknown artist
circa 1576
NPG 5732
Sir Henry Unton
by Unknown artist
circa 1596
NPG 710
Sir Francis Walsingham
attributed to John De Critz the Elder
circa 1589
NPG 1807
Sir Francis Drake
by Unknown artist
circa 1581
NPG 4032
Philip II, King of Spain
by Unknown artist
circa 1580
NPG 347
Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh); Walter Ralegh
by Unknown artist
1602
NPG 3914
Sir Richard Southwell
after Hans Holbein the Younger
late 16th century, based on a work of 1536
NPG 4912
Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)
by Unknown English artist
1588
NPG 7
Sir Nicholas Bacon
by Unknown artist
inscribed 1579
NPG 164
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
early 17th century, based on a work of circa 1596
NPG 180
Sir Philip Sidney
by Unknown artist
circa 1576
NPG 5732
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
circa 1575
NPG 447
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
after Nicholas Hilliard
early 19th century, based on a work of 1590
NPG 277
Sir Henry Sidney
by Unknown artist
1573
NPG 1092
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
by George Perfect Harding, after Nicholas Hilliard
early 19th century, based on a work of circa 1590
NPG 1492(c)
Sir Philip Sidney
after Unknown artist
18th century or after, based on a work of circa 1576
NPG 2096
Probably Sir Robert Dudley
by Unknown artist
1590s
NPG 2613
Sir Nicholas Throckmorton
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
circa 1562
NPG 3800
Sir William Petre
by Unknown artist
1567
NPG 3816
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Unknown artist
circa 1588
NPG 1862
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
by Unknown artist
circa 1575, based on a work of 1572
NPG 4984
William Shakespeare
associated with John Taylor
circa 1600-1610
NPG 1
William Shakespeare
by Martin Droeshout
1632 or 1663-1664
NPG 185
John Donne
by Unknown English artist
circa 1595
NPG 6790
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
attributed to studio of Nicholas Hilliard
circa 1595
NPG 6241
Michael Drayton
by Unknown artist
1599
NPG 776
Mary Neville, Lady Dacre; Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
by Hans Eworth
1559
NPG 6855
Henry, Prince of Wales
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
circa 1603
NPG 2562
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
circa 1597
NPG 4985
Possibly Lucy Russell (née Harington), Countess of Bedford
by Unknown artist
circa 1603
NPG 5688
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
by Unknown artist
circa 1600
NPG L114
The Somerset House Conference, 1604
by Unknown artist
1604
NPG 665
King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by Unknown artist
late 16th century, based on a work of 1574
NPG 63
Anne, Lady Pope with her children
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
1596
NPG L231
Sir Thomas Coningsby
by Unknown artist
1572
NPG 4348
King William I ('The Conqueror')
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(1)
King Henry I
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(2)
King Stephen
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(3)
King Henry II
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(4)
King John
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(5)
King Edward I
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(6)
King Edward III
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(7)
King Richard II
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(8)
King Henry IV
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(9)
King Edward IV
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(10)
King Edward V
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(11)
King Richard III
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(12)
King Henry VII
after Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(13)
King Henry VIII
by Unknown artist
1597-1618
NPG 4980(14)
Elizabeth of York
by Unknown artist
late 16th century, based on a work of circa 1500
NPG 311
King Henry V
by Unknown artist
late 16th or early 17th century
NPG 545
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