SOURCES – 6 historical figures flattered by portraits and 6 who got a bad rap

The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “6 historical figures flattered by portraits and 6 who got a bad rap.”

  1. Queen Elizabeth and the ‘Mask of Youth’
  2. ‘The Whitehall Mural’ by Hans Holbein the Younger
  3. Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua
  4. Equestrian Portrait of Charles I
  5. Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps
  6. The Political Portrait: Leadership, Image and Power
  7. Doctored Portraits
  8. “Marie Antoinette: Pop Culture Icon”
  9. Cleopatra’s legacy in art: famous pharaoh and femme fatale
  10. Gillray Caricatures: The genesis of caricature
  11. ‘The table’s turn’d’ (Charles James Fox; William Pitt)