Portrait of Edward VI (1537-1553), King of England, anonymous, c. 1550

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Edward VI (1537-1553), King of England

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-980

Description

Portret van Eduard VI (1537-53), koning van Engeland. Buste, aanziend, een baret schuin op het hoofd. Vroeger beschouwd als een portret van de jonge Philips II.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous
painter: William Scrots (rejected attribution)
painter: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (rejected attribution)

Place

Netherlands

Dating

c. 1550

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Technique

paint

Measurements

support: diameter 17.5 cm
thickness 0.6 cm
depth 5.4 cm

Explanatory note

Vroeger geïnventariseerd als manier van William Scrots en daarvoor als manier van Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen (1503-1559).

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Eduard VI (koning van Engeland)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred Feb-1885

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from a dealer, Dordrecht, fl. 200, with SK-A-979, as school of Hans Holbein, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague (inv. no. 6016), 1884;{Inventory NMGK.} transferred to the museum, 1885

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 84
Keizer Karel [V] en zijn tijd, E. Bille de Mot, Georges Chabot, Paul Eeckhout, Henri Nowé, cat.nr. 139

Persistent URL

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