File:Edward VI by Holbein.jpg
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Title | Portrait of Prince Edward, later King Edward VI of England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Holbein's portrait of Prince Edward is very probably the one given to Henry VIII as a New Year's Gift on 1 January 1539, recorded as being "By Hanse Holbyne a table of the pictour of the pnce [Prince's] grace". In return, Holbein received a silver-gilt covered cup made by Cornelis Heyss. It has been objected that this might not be the same picture, because the prince looks older than his fifteen months; but most commentators think this unlikely.
The following text is inscribed across the bottom:
Deutsch: Edward Tudor, von 1547 bis zu seinem Tod 1553 als Edward VI. König von England und Irland, als Kleinkind; die rechte Hand zum Segensgruß erhoben, in der linken eine goldene Rassel, die einem Zepter gleicht.
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Date | circa 1538 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil and tempera on oak | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 56.8 × 44 cm (22.4 × 17.3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew W. Mellon Collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Stephanie Buck, Hans Holbein, Cologne: Könemann, 1999, ISBN 3829025831, p. 121. |
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