Henry VII (Rawlinson) (1457-1509)

The Society’s two very similar late sixteenth-century paintings of Henry VII (1457–1509; reigned 1485–1509) 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.
In this bust-length portrait image, Henry VII is shown looking towards the viewer, his face and torso turned very slightly to his left. The circular badge on his black cap, supporting a single pendent jewel, has a border of mounted gems alternately rectangular and round, enclosing an indecipherable central motif.