Program

Research in Action: “Portrait of an Unknown Lady”

Preregistration required
Free admission

Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón, Residential Fellow at the YCBA, highlights Lucas Horenbout’s Portrait of an Unknown Lady. 

Look closely at a single artwork through the ongoing research of our residential fellows, research students, and staff. Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón, PhD, is a Residential Fellow at the YCBA and International Outreach Coordinator in the Art, Power, and Gender Research Group at the University of Murcia. She will explore Lucas Horenbout’s Portrait of an Unknown Lady (ca. 1535) as a means of understanding how Flemish style miniature portraiture was introduced into Tudor England by the Horenbouts during the reign of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Queen Katherine of Aragon.

Register

Preregistration is required for this program. Please contact ycba.studyroom@yale.edu to register. 

You may also like

Exhibition

In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art

Ongoing

Exhibition

William Blake: Burning Bright

Tuesday, August 26, 2025–Sunday, November 30, 2025

Exhibition

Hew Locke: Passages

Thursday, October 2, 2025–Sunday, January 11, 2026