'The pope suppressed by King Henry VIII'
15 of 99 portraits of King Henry VIII
'The pope suppressed by King Henry VIII'
after Unknown artist
woodcut, 1570
7 3/8 in. x 6 7/8 in. (187 mm x 175 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D24931
Sittersback to top
- Pope Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici) (1478-1534), Pope 1523-34. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (circa 1485-1540), Statesman. Sitter associated with 28 portraits. Identify
- John Fisher (1469-1535), Bishop of Rochester, cardinal and martyr. Sitter associated with 34 portraits. Identify
- King Henry VIII (1491-1547), Reigned 1509-47. Sitter associated with 99 portraits. Identify
- Reginald Pole (1500-1558), Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury. Sitter associated with 28 portraits. Identify
Events of 1570back to top
Current affairs
Pope Pius V issues a Papal 'bull' excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I from the Catholic Church. The bull provokes widespread anti-Catholicism in England.Elizabeth contemplates marriage with either Charles, Archduke of Austria or Henri, Duke of Anjou.
Art and science
Publication of The Scholemaster by the royal tutor Roger Ascham, which popularises the educational views of the English nobility.The mathematician and antiquary John Dee's preface to the first English translation of Euclid's Elements of Geometrie anticipates the experimental science of the seventeenth century.
The Italian architect Andrea Palladio published I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books of Architecture).
International
Treaty of St Germain-en-Laye ends the Third War of Religion in France. Huguenots (French Protestants) are granted religious freedom and the Huguenot leader Admiral Gaspard de Coligny becomes a dominant force at court.The Treaty of Stettin - Denmark agrees to recognise the independence of Sweden and Sweden abandons its claim to Norway.
Ivan IV (the Terrible), Tsar of Russia, oversees the Massacre of Novgorod.
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