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King Henry VII (1457–1509), Queen Elizabeth (of York) (1466–1503), King Henry VIII (1491-1547), Queen Jane Seymour (1509 –1537) and King Edward VI (1537–1553) as Prince of Wales (adapted from Hans Holbein the younger and Scrots)

Remigius van Leemput (Antwerp 1607 – London 1675)

Category

Art / Oil paintings

Date

1669 (inscribed)

Materials

Oil on canvas

Measurements

890 x 1020 mm

Place of origin

England

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Collection

Petworth House and Park, West Sussex

NT 485085

Summary

Oil painting on canvas, King Henry VII (1457–1509), Queen Elizabeth (of York) (1466–1503), King Henry VIII (1491-1547), Queen Jane Seymour (1509 –1537) and King Edward VI (1537–1553) as Prince of Wales (after Hans Holbein the younger and Scrots) by Remigius van Leemput (Antwerp 1607 – London 1675), inscribed: Anno Domini 1547. Aetatis Suae 10. Remigius van Leemput fecit. Anno Domini 1669. This is a copy by Remigius van Leemput of the destroyed fresco which was painted by Hans Holbein the younger in 1667 for the Palace of Westminster but destroyed by fire in 1698. Remigius van Leemput, born in Antwerp; called Remee or Remy was a copyist of Van Dyck, Lely and the Old Masters. He was in England before the Restoration and died in London. Charles II commissioned van Leemput to make a copy of the original fresco in 1667, which is now at Hampton Court. This Petworth copy (discovered by Mr Ernest Law in 1897) differs from that in introducing Edward VI and not having the inscriptions. Holbein's cartoon for the left half of the fresco is at Chatsworth.

Provenance

Probably painted for the Seymour family in 1669 and at Petworth in 1721 thence by descent; on loan from the Egremont Private Collection

Credit line

Petworth House, The Egremont Collection

Marks and inscriptions

Anno Domini 1547. Aetatis Suae 10 . Remigius van Leemput fecit. Anno Domini 1669. (inscription reproduced exactly from Collins Baker)

Makers and roles

Remigius van Leemput (Antwerp 1607 – London 1675), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543), artist

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