サザビーズのインスタグラム(sothebys) - 7月6日 05時41分

Two hundred years after its last appearance at auction, this extremely rare portrait of Queen Katherine Parr—the last of Henry VIII’s six wives and one of the most powerful and influential English women of the sixteenth century—set a new auction record for any Tudor painting at £3.4 million / $4.4 million, more than quadrupling its high estimate during tonight’s Old Masters & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction at #SothebysLondon.

Most likely painted circa 1547-8, shortly after the King’s death, it is one of only two surviving contemporary paintings of Katherine, the other being a related full-length of circa 1545 in the @nationalportraitgallery, also traditionally attributed to Master John.

Both paintings have, at various times in their history, been mistaken for portraits of others, including Queen Mary I and Lady Jane Grey, but the sitter can be securely identified from the distinctive crown topped jewel at her chest, which is recorded in detail in inventories of Queen Katherine’s possessions. #SothebysOldMasters #KatherineParr #OldMasters

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