Art Bite: A New Portrait of Henry VIII's Final Queen
Art of History
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The Pear Shaped Jewel in a Portrait of Catherine Parr
A portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, which is attributed to the same artist as the portrait going up for auction at Sotheby's. Catherine Parr died in 1548. It stands to reason that maybe a second panel was completed either around that time or shortly after her death. The fact that that crown shaped jewel appears alongside the pear shaped jewel in one of these portraits of her is just, it's like a little Easter egg and I love it.
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