Posthumous Portrait of Henry VIII with Queen Mary and Will Somers the Jester

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Posthumous Portrait of Henry VIII with Queen Mary and Will Somers the Jester
Date16th century
PlaceEngland
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas or panel: 52 × 65 in. (132.1 × 165.1 cm)
Frame (outer): 62 1/4 × 75 3/8 × 2 in. (158.1 × 191.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1985.6
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
215 Blaffer Galleries
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ProvenanceRobert Spencer, Second Earl of Sunderland (1641–1702), England; by descent within Althorp House, where recorded by George Vertue in 1733; John Spencer, Eighth Earl Spencer; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1985.

Exhibition History"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.

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