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| Keywords: Family of Henry VIII, an Allegory of the Tudor Succession.png The Family of Henry VIII An Allegory of the Tudor Succession oil panel 131 2 × 184 The inscription shows that the work was a gift for Francis Walsingham to whose family its provenance can be traced Along the bottom it reads THE QUENE TO WALSINGHAM THIS TABLET SENTE MARKE OF HER PEOPLES AND HER OWNE CONTENTE Inscription around the frame A FACE OF MUCHE NOBILLITYE LOE IN A LITLE ROOME FOWR STATES WITH THEYR CONDITIONS HEARE SHADOWED IN A SHOWE A FATHER MORE THEN VALYANT A RARE AND VERTUOUS SOON A ZEALUS DAUGHTER IN HER KIND WHAT ELS THE WORLD DOTH KNOWE AND LAST OF ALL A VYRGIN QUEEN TO ENGLANDS JOY WE SEE SUCCESSYVELY TO HOLD THE RIGHT AND VERTUES OF THE THREE <br/> <br/>Mixing portraiture and allegory the painting anachronistically shows Henry VIII his three children and Queen Mary's husband Philip of Spain alongside figures from mythology Henry sits on his throne in the centre with his son Edward the future Edward VI kneeling beside him receiving the sword of justice Henry died in 1547 but on the left of the picture his daughter Mary is shown next to Philip whom she didn't marry until 1554 when she was queen with Mars god of war behind them symbolising the wars they fought Elizabeth by contrast stands on the right of the picture holding the hand of Peace who treads the sword of discord underfoot as Plenty attends with her cornucopia Painted in Elizabeth's reign c 1572 the picture stresses her legitimate descent from the Tudor dynasty and her role as a bringer of peace and prosperity to the realm <br/> <br/>Owing to a similarity of style and composition with Lucas de Heere's Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1559 and other works the art historian Roy Strong has attributed the work to de Heere; the art scholar and curator Karen Hearn however regards the attribution as speculative Another source for the composition may be the anachronistic Queen Jane Seymour died shortly after giving birth to Prince Edward group portrait The Family of Henry VIII c 1545 Prototypes for the portraits have been detected in paintings by Holbein Henry Scrots Edward Mor Mary and Philip and less confidently Hilliard Elizabeth Reference Hearn pp 81 “82 Karen Hearn Dynasties London Tate 1995 ISBN 1854371576 p 81 attributed to circa 1572 Tudors JPG left 100px PD-old-100-1923 Henry VIII of England in family portraits Mary I of England Elizabeth I of England in portraits Paintings of Philip II of Spain Edward VI of England Lucas de Heere Paintings in National Museum Cardiff Heere Lucas de Sitting on throne 1570s paintings in the United Kingdom Paintings of carpets Ornamental textiles in art Paintings with descriptive text on the artwork 16th-century oil on panel paintings in the United Kingdom Paintings of Mars Portraits with coats of arms paintings with inscriptions 1572 portrait paintings 16th-century allegorical paintings Works after Hans Holbein der Jüngere | ||||
