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Anne of Cleves

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Anne of Cleves

by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein the Younger
etching, 1648
9 5/8 in. x 7 1/8 in. (244 mm x 182 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1893
Reference Collection
NPG D11254

Sitterback to top

  • Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), Fourth Queen of Henry VIII. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498-1543), Painter, printmaker and designer; son of Hans Holbein the Elder. Artist or producer associated with 310 portraits, Sitter associated with 25 portraits.
  • Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), Etcher. Artist or producer associated with 540 portraits, Sitter associated with 10 portraits.

Linked publicationsback to top

  • Gittings, Clare, The National Portrait Gallery Book of The Tudors, 2006, p. 13

Events of 1648back to top

Current affairs

Resurgence of civil war largely ends at the battle of Preston, won by Parliamentarians under Oliver Cromwell's command.
Parliamentary General Henry Ireton's Army Remonstrance demands the king is tried an enemy of the state. Ireton also instigates a coups d'état, Pride's Purge, ridding Parliament of MPs supporting negotiations with Charles.

Art and science

John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester, publishes Mathematical Magick, the first work in English on the fundamental principles of mechanics, conceived in the form of a practical manual.

International

A series of European treaties, negotiated since 1644, results in the Peace of Westphalia and ends the German phase of the Thirty Years' War, and war between the Dutch and Spain in the Eighty Years' War. Delegations are sent from around Europe, Henri II d'Orleans leads the French delegation.

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