A lost portrait of King Henry VIII has been rediscovered in the UK just 14 miles from where it originally hung after its commission in the 1590s. But that’s not exactly where.
A lost portrait of King Henry VIII has been rediscovered in the UK just 14 miles from where it originally hung after its commission in the 1590s. But that’s not exactly where art historian Adam Busiakiewicz found it. The Sotheby’s consultant was perusing X last month when he spotted the painting in the corner of a photo shared by the British crown’s representative in Warwickshire, showing a gathering at Warwick’s Shire Hall, per Euronews. Busiakiewicz took notice of the portrait of the famed Tudor monarch because of its unusual rounded top. Just such a painting had been part of a set of 22 high-quality portraits of European royals, statesmen, and military leaders painted by an anonymous artist in the 16th century.
