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Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Remigius van Leemput

1667, oil on canvas, 88.9 × 98.7 cm
London, Royal Art Collection

A painting by the artist Van Leemput, after an original mural in the Palace of Whitehall by Hans Holbein the Younger. The original was lost when the palace burned down on 4 January 1698. This is the only complete copy. It was commissioned by Charles II.

Accession number Inventory number RCIN 405750 (see on gallery's website)
Object history 1667: commissioned by Charles II
Inscriptions

Date on the frieze: AN. DO. // 1537
Text on the tomb:
SI IVVAT HEROVM CLARAS VIDISSE FIGVRAS

SPECTA HAS MAIORES NVLLA TABELLA TVLIT.
CERTAMEN MAGNVM LIS QVÆSTIO MAGNA PATERNE
FILIVS AN VINCAT VICIT VTERQVE QVIDEM
ISTE SVOS HOSTES PATRIÆQVE INCENDIA SAEPE
SVSTVLIT ET PACEM CIVIBVS VSQVE DEDIT.

FILIVS AD MAIORA QVIDEM PROGNATVS AB ARIS
SVBMOVET INDIGNO SI SVBSTITVITQVE PROBOS
CERTÆ VIRTVTI PAPARVM AVDACIA CESSIT
HENRICO OCTAVO SCEPTRA GERENTE MANV
REDDITA RELIGIO EST ISTO REGNANTE DEIQVE
DOGMATA CEPERVNT ESSE IN HONORE SVO.


PROTOTYPVM IVSTÆ MAGNITVDINIS IPSO OPERE TECTORIO
FECIT HOLBENIVS IVBENTE HENRICO VIII

ECTYPVM A REMIGIO VAN LEEMPVT BREVIORI TABELLA
DESCRIBI VOLVIT CAROLVS II. M.B.P.E.H.R.
A° DNI. MDCLXVII

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Heinrich VII., Elisabeth von York, Heinrich der VIII. und Jane Seymour. Remigius van Leemput

1667, Öl auf Leinwand, 88,9 × 98,7 cm
London, Royal Art Collection

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Ο Ερρίκος Ζ', η Ελισάβετ της Υόρκης, ο Ερρίκος Η' και η Τζέιν Σέιμουρ. Remigius van Leemput

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