File:Edward the 6 - 2013 CSK 08631 0043.jpg
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[edit]Edward the 6
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Unknown anonymous Attributed to the Sheldon Master (fl. 1580-1610) |
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Edward the 6 |
| Object type | painting |
| 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. Christie's Sale: 11 Apr 2013 |
| Date | 1590s |
| Medium | oil on panel oil on oak panel, with arched top |
| Dimensions | height: 85 cm (33.4 in); width: 54.8 cm (21.5 in) |
| Inscriptions | inscribed, EDWARD THE.6. (upper left) |
| Source/Photographer |
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5666151 (sale 8631, lot 43) https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5666151 |
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