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Masquerade
Season 1 Episode 3
Masquerade
Degas painting
by Degas
The Tudors Costumes Designer has stated that her inspiration for the costumes was Degas & Balenciaga
Henry & Anne on horseback
Henry & Anne go hunting

Sister Joan & Jane
Sister Joan & Jane
Season 1 Episode 6
sisters
"Gabrielle d'Estrees et une de ses soeurs"
by an unknown artist circa 1594

Thomas Wyatt as portrayed by Jamie Thomas King
Thomas Wyatt as portrayed by Jamie Thomas King
Thomas Wyatt as portrayed by Jamie Thomas King
The camera pans up as
Thomas Wyatt leans against a tree while waiting to meet Elizabeth Darrell in season 2
 young man leaning against a tree by nicholas Hilliard

Young man leaning against a tree
amongst Rose by
Nicholas Hilliard
Ursula Misselden played by Charlotte Salt

Ursula Misseldon reclines nude on the window sill
while Sir Francis Bryan recites his poetry :

"here is the real Danaë
she would kindle your lust even higher
with a touch, one mere touch of her body
and your limbs melt in the fire"

Season 3 Episode 1
The Tudors Inspirations - The Tudors Wiki
There are many paintings of Danaë as a reclining nude - this one is c. 1612 by Artemisia Gentileschi
Titian's ''Danaë''
Titian's ''Danaë,'' painted for a nephew of Pope Paul III, shows her being ravished by Jupiter in the form of a shower of gold. 1544 - 46, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ursula Misseldon's painting
Holbein painting Ursula Misseldon
Lady Ursula Misseldon is painted by Hans Holbein
at Henry's orders
Season 3 Episode 3





Venus at her mirror
Venus at her Mirror (The Rokeby Venus), 1650 painting by Diego Velázquez. National Gallery, London.

Katherine of Aragon
Queen Katherine of Aragon at the Blackfriars Legate Court
Season 1 Episode 9
Katherine of Aragon
Mural of the Blackfrairs Legate Trial located in the East Corridor of the British Parliament

Thomas More's chainThomas More's chain
Season 2 Episode 1
More Portrait
If you look closely at Sir Thomas More's outfit in
the scene you'll see it bears a striking resemblance to the outfit worn by More in Hans Holbein's famous Portrait of More (though Jeremy Northam is wearing black and has shorter hair)

The Tudors Inspirations - The Tudors Wiki

William Compton on his deathbed in Episode 1.7

The Tudors Inspirations - The Tudors Wiki
The Lamentation of the Dead Christ
Andrea Mantegna c. 1480

Promo shot of Natalie Dormer
 Princess Diana
Princess Diana









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