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| Keywords: French - Portrait of Henry IV, King of France - Walters 3898.jpg In an astonishing display of virtuosity and amusing artifice the unknown miniaturist painted the French king twice one image directly on top of the other but in reverse and with a black jacket and black pearl ear ring on the same side of one piece of glass Then a second piece of glass was fitted over the top image The portrait was probably for a locket Henry of Bourbon king of Navarre 1553-1610 became King Henry IV of France after converting from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1589 ca 1590 1605 Baroque oil glass cm 4 2 3 3 accession number 38 98 15331 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Small Northern European Portraits from The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore National Gallery of Art Washington 2000 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
