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- Title
The Queen and the artichoke.
- Authors
Fisher, Celia
- Abstract
The article focuses on the wedding portrait of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. It is noted that four versions of the portrait are recorded but the original has not been traced. In the portrait, their hands are firmly clasped and the jewel-encrusted queen is tucked safely into the shelter of the duke's burly shoulder. The only copy on public view is at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England, brought there in 1842 from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill. One strong indication of the French origins of the painting is the artichoke. For Tudor it spoke of romantic love, the heart reached by a triumph over adversity.
- Subjects
SUFFOLK (England); ENGLAND; PORTRAIT painting; MARY I, Queen of England, 1516-1558; BRANDON, Charles; NOBILITY (Social class) in art; ARTICHOKES; LOVE in art
- Publication
British Art Journal, 2002, Vol 3, Issue 2, p20
- ISSN
1467-2006
- Publication type
Article