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Hans Holbein the Younger: Betrothal portrait of Anne of Cleves  wikidata:Q6106746 reasonator:Q6106746
Artist
Hans Holbein the Younger  (1497/1498–1543)  wikidata:Q48319 s:it:Autore:Hans Holbein il Giovane q:it:Hans Holbein il Giovane
 
Hans Holbein the Younger
Alternative names
Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein
Description -German painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498
date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543
date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Augsburg Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543)
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creator QS:P170,Q48319
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Title
Portrait of Anne of Cleves Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"Anne of Cleves (1515-1557)"
label QS:Lfr,"Anne de Clèves (1515-1557)"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Anne of Cleves Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1539
date QS:P571,+1539-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium parchment on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q226697;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 0.6 m (25.5 in); width: 0.4 m (18.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,0.65U11573
dimensions QS:P2049,0.48U11573
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

Louvre Museum
Accession number
INV. 1348
Object history
Notes
English: Anne of Cleves (1515–57), a daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves, was the fourth wife of Henry VIII. Holbein was sent to paint her at Düren in summer 1539, so that Henry could appraise her as a possible wife. Holbein posed Anne square-on and in elaborate finery. Henry was disappointed with her in the flesh, and he divorced her after a brief, unconsummated marriage. He redesignated Anne as "king's sister", and she remained in England, where she died during the reign of Queen Mary.


The use of parchment suggests that Holbein painted, or at least began, the portrait in Düren. A miniature version in the Victoria and Albert Museum was probably painted at the same time. Holbein also produced a portrait of Anne's sister, Amelia, which is now lost. Nicholas Wotton, the head of the English delegation, reported to Henry: "Your Grace's servant Hanze Albein hathe taken th'effigies of my lady Anne and the lady Amelye and hath expressed theyr images very lyvely". The tradition that Holbein flattered Anne is not borne out by the evidence: no one except Henry ever described her as repugnant.

References:

  • Bätschmann, Oskar, & Pascal Griener, Hans Holbein, London: Reaktion Books, 1997, ISBN 1861890400, p. 192.
  • Ganz Paul, The Paintings of Hans Holbein: First Complete Edition, London: Phaidon, 1956, p. 259.
  • Rowlands, John, Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985, ISBN 0879235780, p. 151.
  • Strong, Roy, Artists of the Tudor Court: The Portrait Miniature Rediscovered, 1520–1620, ISBN 0905209346, p. 48.
  • Wilson, Derek, Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man, London: Pimlico, 2006, ISBN 1844139182, p. 260.
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Betrothal portrait of Anne of Cleves (c. 1539). Oil and tempera on parchment mounted on canvas, 65 x 48 cm (25.5 x 18.8 in). Louvre, Paris

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