Keywords: King Henry VII.jpg Artist Netherlandish artist / by Michel Sittow Portrait of male arched top<br>Text from NPG catalogue This impressive portrait is the earliest painting in the National Portrait Gallery's collection The inscription records that the portrait was painted on 29 October 1505 by order of Herman Rinck an agent for the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I The portrait was probably painted as part of an unsuccessful marriage proposal as Henry hoped to marry Maximillian's daughter Margaret of Savoy as his second wife 1505 Oil on panel cm 42 5 30 5 Institution National Portrait Gallery London 416 object history ProvenanceEvent purchase 1876 King Henry VII jpg accession number NPG 416 Scanned from the book The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England by David Williamson ISBN 1855142287 other versions <gallery> File King Henry VII png File Henry Tudor of England jpg cropped File Henry Tudor of England cropped jpg File Henry Seven England jpg File Henry7England jpg </gallery> PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT Anonymous Henry 7 National Portrait Gallery 16th-century portrait paintings of unidentified painters The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England 16th-century portrait paintings in the National Portrait Gallery London Henry VII of England Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece in portrait paintings Fur garments in art Male portrait paintings with ermine clothing Ž Painted portraits of males with flowers Portrait paintings of men wearing black berets in the United Kingdom Ž Portrait paintings with blue background Portraits holding rose Portraits with semicircular top Portraits with parapet Renaissance portrait paintings of men wearing black berets Tudor rose 16th-century oil on panel paintings in the United Kingdom 16th-century oil portraits of men at bust length 1505 16th-century men looking at viewer in art 16th-century portrait paintings of men wearing black berets 1500s paintings in the United Kingdom 1500s portrait paintings 1505 paintings Fur fashion in 1505 |