The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (The Museums) held an opening night reception for The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England, on June 22, 2023 at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. It is the first major exhibition in the United States of portraiture and decorative arts of the Tudor courts. From King Henry VII’s usurpation of the English throne in 1485, to the death of his granddaughter Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, the Tudor monarchs used art to establish power and legitimize their reigns. The Legion of Honor’s presentation, the sole West Coast venue for the exhibition, will showcase a new exhibition design and chronological visual narrative, tracing the development of art across the reigns of the five Tudor monarchs and their individual styles.
