Christina_of_Denmark,_Duchess_of_Milan.jpg
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Summary
Hans Holbein the Younger : Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q48319
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Title |
label QS:Lja,"デンマークのクリスティーナ、ミラノ公妃"
label QS:Lfr,"Portrait of Christina of Denmark"
label QS:Larz,"صوره كريستينا الدنماركيه"
label QS:Lpl,"Portret Krystyny Duńskiej"
label QS:Lnl,"Christina van Denemarken"
label QS:Lru,"Портрет Кристины Датской"
label QS:Lda,"Portræt af Christine af Danmark"
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
Holbein painted this portrait of
Christina of Denmark
, the young widowed Duchess of Milan, for
Henry VIII of England
, who was considering her as a possible wife.
Thomas Cromwell
sent Holbein to Brussels, accompanied by
Philip Hoby
, to draw the duchess, and she sat for him for three hours. John Hutton, the English representative in Brussels, wrote of the result that "Mr Haunce ... hathe shoid hym self to be the master of that siens [science], for it is very perffight". Henry was so delighted with Christina's portrait that, according to the imperial ambassador
Eustace Chapuys
, "since he saw it he has been in much better humour than he ever was, making musicians play on their instruments all day long". Holbein painted Christina's portrait in oils shortly afterwards, and the work has been recognised as one of his finest. In the event, Henry never secured the wary duchess as his wife. "If I had two heads," she said, "I would happily put one at the disposal of the King of England".
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Depicted people | Christina of Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1538
date QS:P571,+1538-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | oil on oak wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 179.1 cm (70.5 in); width: 82.6 cm (32.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,179.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,82.6U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788
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Credit line | Presented by The Art Fund with the aid of an anonymous donation, 190 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References |
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Source/Photographer | National Gallery, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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