Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, with her pet monkey
Credit
Holly Hayes
Status
  Creative Commons BY
Date Created
September 20, 2004
Date Added
January 19, 2013
Last Updated
April 27, 2024
File Size
0.55 MB
Resolution
726 x 900 pixels

Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, with her pet monkey

This is a later 16th century copy of the Horenboult miniature painted, almost certainly, to hang in the home of a Catholic English family. The iconography of the painting has been changed to show the monkey choosing the cross on Catherine's dress above the money in her hand. The miniature is a portrait of a real woman and her pet; this image has evolved to impart a religious statement.