Art Bite: A New Portrait of Henry VIII's Final Queen
Art of History
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Catherine Parr's Portrait of Henry the Eighth
Catherine Parr in this picture is gazing. She's positioned at like a three quarter view, but she's gazing straight almost like almost straight at the viewer, at us. But it also kind of looks like she's gazing through us, which I find interesting. It's very stately. Not too imposing, you know, too girl boss of a pose. Like I'm here, I'm the queen and I'm going to use my position."
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