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Oil painting on canvas, Queen Catherine Parr (Katherine or Kateryn) (15121548), British (English) School, 18th C (?). Half-length portrait, facing to left, no hands visible; head and grey eyes slightly to left, auburn hair worn beneath a white corf edged with pearls; black bonnet decorated with gold aglets and white spangled feather. She wears a crimson damask dress decorated with bands of gold embroidery and gold aglets; pearl and jewelled necklace with large pendant jewel. Inscribed 'Catherine Parr - uxor - 6 - Henria Octavia'.
The original is in the National Portrait Gallery - Catherine Parr attributed to William Scrots, c. 1545-50, oil on panel, 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) half-length, National Portrait Gallery No.4168 - according to Roy Strong this (the NPG painting) ..has the greatest claim to represent Queen Catherine Parr . seems to be the only known authentic likeness : (see Roy Strong Tudor & Jacobean Portraits National Portrait Gallery, London, 1969, vol.I, pp.364-5, no.4168. vol.II , pl.690).
Katherine Parr (1512/14-1548) Sixth Queen of Henry VIII, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr (d. 1517) of Kendal and Maud Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green of Greens Norton, Northamptonshire - she was born either at Kendal Castle, Westmorland or at her fathers house in Blackfriars, London. She married
1) Edward de Burgh, 2nd Baron Borough (d.1529).
2) John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer (1493-1542) as his third wife.
She was ready to marry Sir Thomas Seymour (brother of Jane Seymour (1508-1537)) when she was forced to marry
3) Henry VIII on 12 July 1543.
She showed great kindness to Prince Edward (later King EdwardVI (1537-1553) and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth (1533-1603), tried to diminish religious persecution; regent during Henry VIII's French expedition in 1544; her life endangered by Protestant leanings; disgusted by husband's brutalities to Elizabeth. After the Kings death she married:
4) Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Sudeley (1508-1549) gave birth to a daughter, Mary, at Sudeley Castle in August 1548. Died in childbed at Sudeley Castle and was buried in Sudeley Castle Chapel.
Scrots: After Holbeins death in 1543, he was succeeded by the Netherlander, Guillim Scrots, who had been trained in the official style of portraiture of the Hapsburg courts. Certainly by 1546 he was working for Henry VIII and producing portraits in the most up to date manner. He showed his cleverness by painting an eliptical profile portrait of Edward VI (N.P.G.) while his speciality seems to have been the full-length standing portrait, which he probably introduced into England. As well as painting the children of Henry VIII, Scrots also painted members of the court. This portrait of Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife, is thought to be by a member of Scrots circle.According to Roy Strong it is a typical workshop version for a long gallery set of Kings and Queens.
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)
Photo credit
National Trust Photographic Library / Bridgeman Images