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Panel Painting Henry V

Object number

LDSAL296

Artist/Designer/Maker

Unknown artist - Artist
Unknown artist - Workshop

Production date

16th century

Material

oak
oil paint

Technique

Oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 559mm
Width: 432mm
Height (of frame): 698mm
Width (of frame): 571mm

Location

Burlington House - (on display)

Inscriptions

Inscription content

HENRICVS V

References

Reference (controlled)

Battles and Dynasties (2017). [Exhibition]. The Collection, Lincoln. 28 May - 4 September 2017.
    Oil on panel portrait of Henry V in profile.
    This posthumous portrait of Henry V (r. 1413-22) showing him in profile, is of a standard type, many versions of which were produced in the sixteenth century.
    Henry V wears a sleeveless velvet heuque (open-sided cloak) edged with fur and, beneath this, a brocaded cloth-of-gold doublet. The heavy gold collar worn over his cloak is composed of cabochon (rounded) jewels and pairs of pearls enclosed within gilded foliage. The king is shown with distinctively shaven hair, exposing the neck and ears. Fashionable for men in the first half of the fifteenth century, this was the style actually adopted by the king, as confirmed by contemporary depictions of him in manuscript illumination.