This portrait is taken from an original wall painting at Whitehall Palace (destroyed by fire), in which Henry VIII is depicted with his mother and father, Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, and his wife Jane Seymour. The portrait conveys the strength of the king by depicting him holding a pair of gloves in his right hand and clutching his sword in his left. The image of Henry VIII from the original wall painting was widely copied.
This portrait is taken from an original wall painting at Whitehall Palace (destroyed by fire), in which Henry VIII is depicted with his mother and father, Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, and his wife Jane Seymour. The portrait conveys the strength of the king by depicting him holding a pair of gloves in his right hand and clutching his sword in his left. The image of Henry VIII from the original wall painting was widely copied.
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