Lisa Ford on “Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII”

Art in Context
May 16, 2012

Unknown artist, sixteenth century, after Lucas de Heere, An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII (detail), ca. 1590, oil on panel, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Lisa Ford, Associate Head of Research at the Center (formerly Senior Manager of Special Projects for the Director), discusses the painting Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII (ca 1590).