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King Henry VII   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Unknown authorUnknown author Attributed to the Sheldon Master (fl. 1580-1610)
Title
King Henry VII
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of Henry VII


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 recognisable by their arched tops and distinctive frames, which would have been decorated with linked medallions or the like. 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 Household [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's, 27 August – 11 September 1781.

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Painted for Weston House in Warwickshire, probably commissioned by Weston's builder, Ralph Sheldon (died 1613); presented to Eton College by Head Master (later Provost) Edward Craven Hawtrey (Head Master 1834-1853) in 1848 (with a portrait of Henry VI)

Inscription: Painted inscription on lower edge of frame 'Dedit E.C.H. 1848'; upper edge 'Etonensis'
Depicted people Henry VII
Date 1590s
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
19th-century frame
Dimensions height: 850 mm (33.46 in); width: 750 mm (29.52 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,850U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,750U174789
Accession number
FDA-P.451-2013
Credit line Eton College
Inscriptions lower edge of frame 'Dedit E.C.H. 1848'; upper edge 'Etonensis'
Source/Photographer https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/object-fda-p-451-2013
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