Making Art in Tudor Britain

In April 2007 the Gallery began a major research project to transform understanding of early painting practice and the production of portraits in the Tudor and Jacobean periods. We undertook a scientific survey of over 80 of the most important portraits from the Gallery's Collection in the period 1500-1620.

Introduction

Introduction

A background into the importance of research into the Gallery's Tudor and Jacobean portraits
Highlights from the research

Highlights from the research

Explore some of the unexpected discoveries from the project's research
Search the project database

Search the project database

Search a catalogue providing further technical and art historical information about some of the Gallery’s sixteenth and seventeenth century portraits
Scientific techniques

Scientific techniques

Watch a series of short films demonstrating methods of technical analysis
Conservation of Anne Boleyn

Conservation of Anne Boleyn

Read about the conservation of one of the Gallery's most popular Tudor portraits
Research Team, Publications, Collaboration and Funding

Research Team, Publications, Collaboration and Funding

Learn more about the work of the research team

Extended abstracts and videos

Abstracts of papers presented at Tudor and Jacobean Painting: Production, Influences and Patronage

See abstracts
Extended abstracts and videos

Abstracts from Academic Workshops (2007-8)

Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council

Workshop 1 (September 2007)

Histories of Artistic Practice in Tudor England: the research landscape, methodologies and uses of technical evidence

Workshop 1

Workshop 2 (November 2007)

Tudor Artists or Artisans? Native practices, methods, materials and the context of craft production

Workshop 2

Workshop 3 (March 2008)

Foreign Artists working in England in the early Sixteenth century

Workshop 3

Workshop 4 (December 2008)

English Portraiture: Holbein and Beyond

Workshop 4