Christina J Faraday is a research fellow in history of art at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and the author of Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England (Paul Mellon Centre).

The Tempi Madonna (1508), Raphael. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
A carved-oak falcon that probably adorned Anne Boleyn's apartments at Hampton Court Palace. Photo: Paul Fitzsimmons/Marhamchurch Antiques
Portrait of an Unknown Woman (c. 1590–1600), Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021
Broadcasting legend? Cellini’s Perseus plus boombox
Crowning Glory? Henry VIII wearing the lost Tudor crown in a portrait by Hans Holbein.
Delftware plate (1661). The Bryan Collection, Lake Bluff, Illinois.
The headquarters of the Royal College of Physicians in Regent’s Park.
Screenshot of The Procession to Calvary.
Thomas Cromwell (detail), (1532–33), Hans Holbein. The Frick Collection, New York.
Richard III (detail; late 16th century), English School.