# Queen Mary Tudor of England [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOR VAN DASHORST, Anthonis]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on panel, 109 x 84 cm ## Commentary The painting represents Mary Tudor, the bride of Philip II, King of Spain. This is the masterpiece of the artist, painted in England. Philip II and Mor became acquainted during the prince's visit to the Netherlands in the early 1550s. In 1554, when Philip went to London for his marriage to Mary Tudor, he brought Mor to paint the queen's portrait, a representative work that reveals the essence of his style. In keeping with the prevailing manner of court portraiture, Mor is concerned with physiognomic accuracy but not with expression. This is a reticent image that emphasizes the social distinction of the sitter instead of her personality, although it is subtly encoded with a complex set of allusions. However, the austerity is somewhat relieved by the attention paid to the costume and jewelry, which are rendered with a technique of dazzling exactitude. ## Related artworks - [Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain]() - [Anne Fernely, the Wife of Sir Thomas Gresham]() - [Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle]() - [Cardinal Granvelle's Dwarf]() - [Catherine of Austria, Wife of King John III of Portugal]() - [Emperor Maximilian II]() - [Empress Maria of Austria, Wife of Maximilian II]() - [Joanna of Austria]() - [Knight of the Spanish St James Order]() - [Lady wearing a Cross]() - [Lady with the Jewel]() - [Margaret, Duchess of Parma]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()