Panel Painting Saxon King (praying)

Object number

LDSAL509.3

Artist/Designer/Maker

Unknown artist

Production date

Circa 1515

Production place

England

Material

oak
oil paint

Technique

Oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 1430mm
Width: 250mm

Location

Burlington House -

References

Reference (free text)

Copy of report in Object History File LDSAL 509.

Oil on oak panel showing unknown Saxon king in side profile, with his arms raised in prayer. The painting appears on a one-third width panel. 1 of 6 fragments.

This oil on oak panel portrait appears on a narrow fragment, one-third the width of of a full sized panel, and features an unknown Saxon prince or king, in side profile, with his hands raised to his chest and joined in prayer. The monarch is clean-shaven and appears younger than the other figures that feature in the scheme. Of the surviving paintings, only Athelstan (LDSAL509.1) and the praying prince, seen here, are on upright boards - the rest being horizontal.