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Keywords: Henry VIII of England, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg File Hans Holbein the Younger Around 1497-1543 - Portrait of Henry VIII of England - Google Art Project jpg Artwork Creator Hans the Younger Holbein en thumb upright 75pxThis small-format panel is Holbein's only individual portrait of Henry It resembles the figure of Henry in the surviving part of Holbein's cartoon drawing for his lost wall-painting at Whitehall Palace right and both were probably derived from the same portrait drawing Other portraits of Henry based on Holbein's types were the work of studios or copyists The costly ultramarine background is unusual for a panel painting though it was common in French miniatures and the portrait which has a fine miniature-like finish including powdered gold may have been intended as a gift to the French court <br> <br/>Holbein probably painted the portrait shortly after Anne Boleyn's execution on 19 May 1536 at the time of Henry's marriage to Jane Seymour whose portrait Holbein also painted The suggestion that Henry's portrait formed a pair with Jane's is discounted by most scholars on grounds of size and of differences on the reverse References Buck pp 119 “20; John Rowlands Holbein The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger David R Godine Boston 1985 ISBN 0879235780 p 114; Susan Foister Holbein in England London Tate 2006 ISBN 1854376454 p 96 ca 1536-1537 oil oak cm 28 19 Institution Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Room 5 Stephanie Buck Hans Holbein Cologne Könemann 1999 ISBN 3829025831 credit line Uploaded by qp10qp http //www museothyssen org/thyssen/ficha_obra/313 museothyssen org other versions 80px 80px 80px 80px File Hans Holbein the Younger Around 1497-1543 - Portrait of Henry VIII of England - Google Art Project jpg 80px PD-old-100 Portrait of Henry VIII Holbein der Jüngere 1536
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