tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2647074799821471972..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: POLITICS AND THE ART OF INTIMACY: Levina Teerlinc, a sixteenth century miniaturist – Elizabeth FremantleMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-25048006459313933722014-04-14T02:23:50.784+01:002014-04-14T02:23:50.784+01:00To write historical fiction takes a lot of researc...To write historical fiction takes a lot of research into some of the more arcane and little known characters. As an art historian AND a writer of historical fiction I know how subjective the interpretation of images is.<br /><br />This promises to be a fabulous novel and Fremantle is a consummate author. I just happen to be one of a growing band of art historians who are questioning Strong's original assertion regarding these images. This too is not mainstream published debate! Yet!!<br /><br />I can't wait to read the Sisters of Treason.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558782701551922681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72151967990253674132014-04-14T01:34:10.525+01:002014-04-14T01:34:10.525+01:00I was fascinated enough by the post about a woman ...I was fascinated enough by the post about a woman painter who served four Tudor monarchs and I'd never heard of her (there goes my Tudor-nerd cred!), but Melanie V. Taylor's comment was just as fascinating as the post itself! Thank you Elizabeth Fremantle *and* Ms. Taylor, for sharing such an intriguing piece of history.<br /><br />Sisters of Treason may be fiction indeed, but it certainly has the sound of a fascinating take on history.DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-76370807677641529162014-04-13T14:42:04.373+01:002014-04-13T14:42:04.373+01:00Teerlinc was the subject of my Master's disser...Teerlinc was the subject of my Master's dissertation. Much of this is very interesting, but it is improbable that she would have painted the portraits of Katherine Grey, or the one of Lady Jane Grey (Yale). Yates and Strong suggested these were by her, but they bear no resemblance to the Coronation miniature that is generally accepted to be by her. It is possible these images were by her cousin, Susannah Horenbout, who was NOT paid an annuity by the monarch for some 40 years. <br /><br />In my discussion with Dr Starkey back in September 2007, he accepted my argument that the Yale miniature was more probably by Horenbout because of the lettering.<br /><br />Ask yourself why Teerlinc would jeopardise her career at the Court by painting known dissenters. Why would Elizabeth reward her loyalty with a lifetime annuity of £40 pa if her court limner was painting those who had threatened, or threatened the throne? (the document is in the English National Archives and is in Latin). <br /><br />I have my own photos of all of The Crampe Ring Manuscript. It looks hurried, and bears no resemblance to any of these miniatures in the way it is painted.<br /><br />Perhaps she didn't paint any of them - the miniatures, the Crampe Ring manuscript, the Indenture of the Poor Knights of Windsor! Since she, like Horenbout, didn't sign her work, it is possible! <br /><br />From the miniatures I have examined (private collection), which are probably by the same hand as the Coronation miniature this particular argument should not be ruled out.<br /><br />However, we may know what she looked like as It MAY be that this Unknown Lady, by Hilliard, is she. http://www.thetruthoftheline.co.uk/2013/11/14/identification-portrait-levina-teerlinc/ so cut and paste the link to see more.<br /><br />Thank heavens Teerlinc is slowly emerging from the mists of time.<br /><br />Well done Elizabeth Fremantle for writing about this woman artist and particularly about Penelope Devereux! Now that was a woman with attitude if ever there was!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558782701551922681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16198510360757248192014-04-13T08:44:01.802+01:002014-04-13T08:44:01.802+01:00Poor Katherine! But Levina Teerlinc - what an inte...Poor Katherine! But Levina Teerlinc - what an interesting story!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com