Henry VII (Leathes) (1457-1509)

The Society’s two very similar late 16th century portraits of Henry VII (this and the Rawlinson version) are among the finest surviving versions of a portrait type derived from the posthumous image of the king in the dynastic mural for Whitehall Palace in London, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger before 1537.

Artist / Maker
Unknown
Type
painting
Date
c. 1575-1600
Origin
Bequeathed to the society by Philip Hammersley Leathes, FSA on his death in 1838. Leathes was a member of the Inner Temple whose antiquarian interests are reflected in three papers, published in Archaeologia in 1796 and 1806.
Material
Oil on panel
Dimensions
560 x 440mm
Location
Burlington House

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