Art for Tudor Queens

In this talk we’ll look at the portraits and belongings of five royal women across the Tudor century.

How was art used to shape the identities and reputations of Tudor royal women? In this talk we’ll look at the portraits and belongings of five royal women across the Tudor century: Henry VII’s formidable mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort; Katherine of Aragon and Catherine Parr, Henry VIII’s first and last wives; Mary I, and Elizabeth I. At a time when women were seen as physically and intellectually inferior to men, how did these women shape their images and surroundings, and how were they shaped by the images others chose for them?