King Henry VI
1 portrait matching these criteria:
- npg number matching '2457'
King Henry VI
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1540
12 1/2 in. x 10 in. (318 mm x 254 mm)
Purchased, 1930
Primary Collection
NPG 2457
Sitter
King Henry VI (1421-1471), Reigned 1422-61 and 1470-1. Sitter associated with 37 portraits.
Artist
Unknown artist. Artist associated with 6491 portraits.
This Portrait
This portrait was probably part of a larger set of portraits of kings and queens of England.
Linked Publications
Tudor Portraits Resource Pack, p. 3
MacLeod, Catharine, Tudor Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery collection, 1996, p. 3
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 296
Simon, Jacob, The Art of the Picture Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain, 1997 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 8 November 1996 - 9 February 1997), p. 32
Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 146
Williamson, David, The National Portrait Gallery's History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1998, p. 71
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