Katharine of Aragon with a monkey, Lucas Horenbout, 1525

This is the largest miniature of henry viii's first wife. Three other miniatures exist, but two are circular copies of this original; the third is believed to be a companion piece to a miniature of the king. A unique feature of this work is that it includes katharine's hands. All of horenbout's other miniatures focused on the head and shoulders. All of his portraits have plain blue backgrounds and are traced with a gold line. Later artists such as nicholas hilliard inherited this style and continued it into the 17th century. Date: 1525. Medium: miniature. Collection: Unidentified location.