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| Keywords: groupshot people indoor In January 1526 Isabella of Habsburg, Queen of Denmark and sister of the Emperor Charles V, died, leaving behind her three children: John, aged 8; Dorothea, aged 5; and Christina, aged 3. Christina was later portrayed by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543) as a prospective bride for Henry VIII. In the Royal Collection’s triple portrait, thought to have been painted in the same year, these children are shown wearing the sombre clothes of mourning. Their father, King Christian II of Denmark, sent them to Mechelen to be raised by their great-aunt, Margaret of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, who had previously taken responsibility in the same manner for their uncle. In January 1526 Isabella of Habsburg, Queen of Denmark and sister of the Emperor Charles V, died, leaving behind her three children: John, aged 8; Dorothea, aged 5; and Christina, aged 3. Christina was later portrayed by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543) as a prospective bride for Henry VIII. In the Royal Collection’s triple portrait, thought to have been painted in the same year, these children are shown wearing the sombre clothes of mourning. Their father, King Christian II of Denmark, sent them to Mechelen to be raised by their great-aunt, Margaret of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, who had previously taken responsibility in the same manner for their uncle. | ||||
