Portraits of Henry VIII and his Family

2. Henry VIII was King of England who is best known for having six wives and, in particular, killing some of them
He was also famous of doing everything to get what he wanted

4. Art in Detail
Portraits of Henry VIII and his Family

5. Henry VIII Tudor, King Of England
The subject’s pose, his sumptuous clothes and jewelry, his gaze staring out at the viewer ... all stamp of Henry’s grandeur and power

6. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of Henry VIII
1536
Oil on wood, 28 x 19 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

8. UNKNOWN artist
King Henry VIII
1542
Oil on panel, 88,9 mm x 66,7 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

10. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of Henry VIII
1540
Oil on panel, 89 x 75 cm
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica,
Rome

12. Catherine of Aragon
The king’s first marriage in 1509 to his brother’s widow ended in divorce when Henry’s desire for a male heir led him to marry his
mistress, Anne Boleyn ...

13. UNKNOWN, Attributed to CORVUS,
Joannes
Katherine of Aragon
1520
Oil on oak panel, 52,0 mm x 42,0 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

15. Anne Boleyn
Following the birth of a daughter, later Elizabeth I, Anne was herself rejected by Henry in 1536 after being accused of adultery and
was subsequently beheaded ...

16. UNKNOWN MASTER, English
Anne Boleyn
1530-36
Oil on panel, 54,3 x 41,6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

18. Jane Seymour
... in the same month Henry married his third wife, Jane, who died after giving birth to the longed-for son, the future Edward VI

19. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Jane Seymour, Queen of England
1536
Oil on wood, 665 x 41 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

21. Anne of Cleves
Two brief and unsuccessful marriages followed:
first to Anne of Cleves, a German princess, in 1540, annulled the same year on the grounds of nonconsummation
...and then to

22. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of Anne of Cleves
c. 1539
Parchment mounted on canvas, 65 x
48 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

24. ... and then to
Katherine Howard
... who was executed for adultery in 1542

25. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Portrait of a Lady, formerly known as
Catherine Howard
1535-40
Oil on wood, 72 x 50 cm
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Probably a Member of the Cromwell
Family; well into the twentieth century
the portrait was believed to represent
Catherine Howard

27. Catherine Parr
The king’s marriage to Katherine lasted until his death ...
with Katherine maintaining the king’s favour during his years of ill health

28. UNKNOWN MASTER, English
Portrait of Catherine Parr
c. 1545
Oil on wood, 63,5 x 50,8 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

30. The history of the king’s marriages should be seen in the light of his obsession with producing a male heir
Given the high mortality rate of children at this date, Henry clearly hoped his marriages would produce several royal princes

31. Edward Tudor, King Edward VI
Proud, and Selfish ...Edward, Prince of Wales is Henry VIII's son. He's grown up privileged, with hundreds of servants at his command
Lucky for England, as King Edward VI brings humility together with his own royal blood in order to create the perfect king

32. HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger
Edward, Prince of Wales
1543
Oil on wood, diameter 32 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York

34. Mary Tudor, Queen Mary I
Princess Mary: ... Henry is always disappointed in her, even though she is his only living child with Katherine of Aragon

35. MASTER JOHN
Queen Mary I
1544
Oil on panel, 11 × 508 cm
National Portrait Gallery , London

37. Elizabeth Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I
... one day, her dad and siblings drop a messy, bloody nation into your lap - one that's torn apart by in-fighting over religion,
politics, and power

38. SCROTS, William
Elizabeth I when a Princess
c.1546
Oil on panel,108.5 x 81.8 cm
Royal Collection Trust

41. Art in Detail: Portraits of Henry VIII and his Family
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Elizabeth Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I
... she usher in an age Elizabethan. And that age will be really, really great - it'll be a time of relative religious tolerance,
when infighting is put on the back-burner, so education, innovation, and art can take center stage
Oh yeah, and will refuse to marry so that you can keep control of England. Defeating the Spanish Armada and
establishing your country as the heavyweight champion in Europe isn't too shabby neither