Portrait Miniatures: Tiny Windows to the Past · Katherine of Aragon

Katherine of Aragon

Title: Katherine of Aragon
Creator: Lucas Horenbout (or Hornebolte); Lucas Horenbout
Date: c. 1525
Description: Portrait of Katherine of Aragon wearing a red dress with white embroidery and gold headpiece. The background is green with a gold inscription in Latin. The Latin inscription signifies 'Katherine, his wife', and suggests that this miniature was a pair with one of Henry VIII. She wears a jeweled cross and a brooch with the letters IHS, the first three letters of the name of Jesus in Greek.
Subject: miniatures (paintings); Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536; Catherine of Aragon
has style period: Tudor
Medium: watercolor (paint); vellum (parchment)
diameter: 38 mm
Coverage: England
Provenance: Purchased, 1969
Rights: National Portrait Gallery, London
Identifier: NPG 4682