Henry VIII

Original measurements presumably incorrect; Prince Arthur confused with Henry VIII

Van der Doort c.1639

Prince Arthur, in his minority, black cap with a golden habit, in his right hand holding a white gillyflower

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 30, № 47
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
1ft 11in x 7in (58.4 x 17.8cm)
Frame: 
red-painted golden frame
Provenance: 
Whitehall piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
inherited
Hang notes: 
fifteenth
Location: 
Room description extended: 
Twenty-three little heads-mostly-without-hands on panel
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 41
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, no 115, 28 x 18
Other inventories: 
Henry VIII 1542, Whitehall Palace no. 695
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51