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But ultimately there was no escape from her royal destiny. Mary had to provide an heir and so marry again. One man stood out, her cousin, Henry Stuart Lord Darnley, painted here aged 17, alongside his younger brother. It would be a disastrous choice. As always with these portraits, it' s about much more than just what he looks like, though he' s a fine figure of a man. The painting is full of symbols about their status and their power and their importance as a family. Just look at the watch he' s wearing around his neck and the expensive gloves he' s holding in his hand. It might seem rather funereal to us these days that they' re both dressed head to toe in black, but back then only the seriously wealthy could afford black clothes because black was the most expensive kind of dye. Darnley was a good looking man. Mary was smitten. |
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dàn shì zuì zhōng, tā réng rán méi néng táo bì huáng shì de tiān mìng. wèi le hòu jì yǒu rén, tā bì xū zài hūn, yǒu gè rén xuǎn tuō yǐng ér chū: tā de táng qīn, hēng lì sī tú yà tè, jí shì dá ēn lì xūn jué. zhè shì tā 17 suì shí hé dì di yì qǐ de huà xiàng, zhè gè rén xuǎn què huì dài lái dà zāi nàn. tā xiāng dāng yīng jùn, shì hěn yǒu huó lì de nián qīng rén, nǐ méi kàn zǒu yǎn, huà de shì yī wèi nán zǐ, tā zhǐ yí gè shēn tǐ miáo tiáo de nán rén, zhè fú huà chōng mǎn le tā men dì wèi hé quán lì de xiàng zhēng, hái yǒu tā men chéng jiā de zhòng yào xìng. jǐn jǐn kàn tā bó zi shàng de zhè kuài biǎo, hái yǒu tā shǒu shàng wò zhe de áng guì de shǒu tào. jīn tiān wǒ men kàn lái zhè kě néng yǒu diǎn xiàng zàng lǐ yí yàng de zhuāng shù, tā men cóng tóu dào jiǎo dōu shì hēi sè de zhuāng bàn, dàn shì zài nà shí zhǐ yǒu yǒu qián rén cái néng mǎi de qǐ hēi sè de yī fú, yīn wèi hēi sè shì zuì áng guì de rǎn liào. dá ēn lì shì yí gè shuài qì de nán rén, mǎ lì shēn shēn de ài shàng le tā. |