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Description: | A head-and-shoulders portrait looking towards the viewer. The sitter wears a lace ruff, a pearl earring in his left ear, and Garter robes, with the text of the motto, 'Honi soit qui mal y pense', delineated on the right.
Henry was eldest son of James I of England, but when he died in 1612, his younger brother Charles, later Charles I, became heir to the throne. Henry's mother was Anne of Denmark, a leading art patron. The great warship, the 'Prince Royal', was named after him and Pett designed a miniature galleon for Henry's use on the Thames.
Peake was Serjeant Painter to James I and specialized in portraits of the monarch and his court.
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caption: Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-1612) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Serjeant Painter Prince Henry Frederick of Wales paintings Dean of Ross | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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