Unknown woman, formerly known as Margaret Tudor Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Unknown woman, formerly known as Margaret Tudor NPG 1173
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Unknown French artist
The National Portrait Gallery acquired this portrait as Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII and wife of James IV of Scotland. However, both the style and the lack of any securely identified portraits of Margaret Tudor make this identification unlikely.
The painterly technique suggests a French or possibly Flemish origin. The woman's costume is also in the style of French court dress of the early sixteenth century. Her gold jewellery and the stylised pomegranate and leaf pattern, commonly reproduced on expensive silks... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.
