File:Edward the 6.jpg
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[edit]King Edward VI | ||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Unknown anonymousUnknown anonymous Attributed to the Sheldon Master (fl. 1580-1610) |
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Title |
Edward the 6 |
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Part of | Sheldon Portraits Collection | |||||||||||||
Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||
Description |
English: The Sheldon Master portrait of King Edward VI (1537-1553).
This painting once formed part of the famous set of paintings assembled by Ralph Sheldon (c. 1537–1613) at Weston Park, Warwickshire, during the 1590s. Sheldon had commissioned a set of at least twenty-two portraits of Kings, Queens, and English and European historical figures. The paintings recognieable by their arched tops and distinctive frames, decorated with linked medallions. reference Provenance: Commissioned by Ralph Sheldon (c. 1537–1613), by direct descent to William Sheldon (1715–1780); His posthumous sale ('A catalogue of the Elegant and Rich Houshold [sic] Furniture [... ] pictures [...] of the late William Sheldon, esq; dec. at his seat, called Weston, near Long Compton, in the County of Warwick'), on the premises, Weston House, Warwickshire, Christie and Ansell, 3 September 1781; Mr and Mrs E.J. de Tracy-Kelly, Audley House School, Chesterton, Oxfordshire; Audley House School sale, Mallams, 5 April 1995. Sotheby's Sale L120342012, Lot 195, 2012. |
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Depicted people | Edward VI of England | |||||||||||||
Date |
between circa 1580 and circa 1610 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1580-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1610-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium |
oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 oil on oak panel, with arched top |
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Dimensions |
height: 84.4 cm (33.2 in); width: 56.5 cm (22.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,84.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,56.5U174728 |
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Object history |
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Inscriptions | inscribed, EDWARD THE.6. (upper left) | |||||||||||||
References |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l12034/lot.195.html | |||||||||||||
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