Although originally thought to be of Henry VIII’s sixth Queen, Catherine Parr, this painting was for many years identified as Lady Jane Grey but was re-identified as Catherine Parr in 1996.
Catherine Parr
Master John
1545
It can be viewed at the National Portrait Gallery website.
This painting can be found in the following:
The Real Tudors: Kings and Queens Rediscovered by Charlotte Bolland and Tarnya Cooper
Tudor & Jacobean Portraits by Charlotte Bolland
A Queen of a New Invention: Portraits of Lady Jane Grey Dudley, England’s ‘Nine Days Queen’ by Stephan Edwards
Bloody Mary: The Life of Mary Tudor by Carolly Erickson
The Private Lives of the Tudor Monarchs edited by Christopher Falkus
Lost Faces: Identity and Discovery in Tudor Royal Portraiture edited by Bendor Grosvenor
Tower of London by Christopher Hibbert
Catherine Parr: Henry VIII’s Last Love by Susan James
A really useful guide to the Tudors by Sarah Kilby and David Souden
The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscomb
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey by Leanda de Lisle
Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle. Detail only.
Kings & Queens – National Portrait Gallery
Tudor Portraits: in the National Portrait Gallery Collection – National Portrait Gallery
Lady Jane Grey: The Setting of the Reign by David Mathew
Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence edited by Janel Mueller
Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk by Alison Plowden
Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter
The Many Faces of Lady Jane Grey by Frank Prochaska (History Today)
King Edward VI: The Lost King of England by Chris Skidmore
Tudor and Jacobean Portraits (Volume 1 : Text) by Roy Strong
Tudor and Jacobean Portraits (Volume 2 : Plates) by Roy Strong
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis
National Portrait Gallery: History of the Kings and Queens of England by David Williamson. Close up only.
Re-identification details can be found in the following:
‘The lady vanishes as portrait of Jane Grey is proved wrong’ by Nigel Reynolds (The Daily Telegraph)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir. Briefly mentions the re-identification.
