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

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CultureEnglish

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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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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceRobert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1641–1702), England; by descent, within Althorp House, where recorded by George Vertue in 1733; John Spencer, 8th 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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