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King Henry VII

4 of 66 portraits of King Henry VII

Overview
Tudor and Jacobean Portraits Database

King Henry VII

after Unknown artist
oil on panel, 1597-1618
22 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. (572 mm x 445 mm) uneven
Purchased, 1974
Primary Collection
NPG 4980(13)

Sitterback to top

King Henry VII (1457-1509), Reigned 1485-1509. Sitter associated with 66 portraits.

Artistback to top

Unknown artist, Artist. Artist associated with 6555 portraits.

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Bolland, Charlotte; Cooper, Tarnya, The Real Tudors: Kings and Queens Rediscovered, 2014 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 12th September 2014 to 1st March 2015), p. 28
Cannadine, Sir David (Introduction); Cooper, Tarnya; Stewart, Louise; MacGibbon, Rab; Cox, Paul; Peltz, Lucy; Moorhouse, Paul; Broadley, Rosie; Jascot-Gill, Sabina, Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits, 2018 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA, 7 October 2018 -3 February 2019. Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia, 16 March - 14 July 2019.), p. 39
Cooper, Tarnya, Elizabeth I & Her People, 2013 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 10 October 2013 - 5 January 2014), p. 13
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 296

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

The Real Tudors: Kings and Queens Rediscovered (12 September 2014 - 1 March 2015)
Picturing History: A portrait set of early kings and queens (19 July 2011 - 4 December 2011)

Portrait setback to top

The Hornby Castle set of early Kings and Queens: paintings by unknown artists, 1590s-1620

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1597back to top

Current affairs

Philip II of Spain launches another armada against England. As in 1588, the fleet is dispersed by a storm, which is celebrated as divine intervention.
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex is made Earl Marshall.
Charles Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham is created Earl of Nottingham.
King James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) publishes Daemonologie, an attack on witchcraft that incites a fever for witch-hunts.

Art and science

William Shakespeare writes The Merchant of Venice.
The musician John Dowland publishes The First Booke of Songes or Ayres, the most successful music publication of the period.

International

Philip II of Spain opens peace negotiations with Henry IV of France after his army in the Spanish Netherlands fails to defeat the forces of France or the Protestant United Provinces of the northern Netherlands.
The Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi launches a second invasion of Korea.

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