Tuesday 5 June 2007

are they Mary Magdalen?




may the eleventh and twelfth
ladies

be Mary Magdalen?

a twelfth lady



An Unknown Lady by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526.






Friday 1 June 2007

Any clues?

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Seventeen pictures...

I wonder if there are any clues in the pictures

to the real identity of the

ones pictured...

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An eleventh lady...


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An Unknown Lady by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

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An unknown man



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An Unknown Man by Hans Eworth, 1567. (Sotheby's, London)

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Thought to be Lady Helena Snakeborg, Marchioness of Northampton by an artist of the British School, 1569



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Thought to be Lady Helena Snakeborg, Marchioness of Northampton by an artist of the British School, 1569. (Tate Gallery)

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I wonder if it is...

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A tenth lady... thought to be a lady from the Bodeham family



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Thought to be a lady from the Bodeham family by an Unknown Artist, c.1540-45. (Parham Park)

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An unknown child



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An Unknown Child by Agnolo Bronzino, c.1541-45.

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An unknown woman and man




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An Unknown Couple by Lorenzo Lotto, c.1543. (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg)

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Miniature and jewelled locket



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Miniature and Jeweled Locket of an Unknown Man and Woman by Nicholas Hilliard, c.1590. (Private Collection)

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A ninth lady... once thought to be Arabella Stewart



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An Unknown Lady formerly called Arabella Stewart by an Unknown Artist, c.1605-10.

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An eighth lady...


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An Unknown Lady by an Unknown Artist, c.1603. (Cowdray Park)

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A seventh lady...



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Unknown Lady by an Unknown Artist, 1602.

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A sixth lady...



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Unknown Lady with her Children by an Unknown Artist, 1595. (Private Collection)

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A fifth lady...



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Unknown Lady attributed Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1592. (Berkeley Castle)

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A fourth lady...


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An Unknown Lady by Nicholas Hilliard. (Fitzwilliam Museum)

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Unknown children



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Unknown Children by an Unknown Artist, c.1575-80. (Private Collection)

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A third lady...



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An Unknown Lady by an Unknown Artist, 1569. (Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

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A second lady..





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An Unknown Lady by an Unknown Artist, c.1570-80.

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The first picture... an unknown lady...



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An Unknown Lady by Francios Quesnel, c.1570. (Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo)

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To see the image larger,

click on the large righthand image

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Mysterious pictures of the "unknown"...

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The pictures of the "unknown" - how it makes us wonder

who they are!

May there exist any clues in the pictures, to at last

give a name?

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