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It can be said that the backbone of the Royal collection began with Henry VIII, though the anti-papal sentiments tended to associate art patronage with the Vatican and therefore the early works of the royals tended to anti-pope allegories mixed … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardinal Wolsey, Hans Holbein, Hans Holbein the Elder, Jane Seymour, Johan Zoffany, King Francois France, King Henry VIII, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Memling, Queen Catalina, Tudor art collection, William Powell Frith
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royal terribilita
The queen of England, Elizabeth II may have the greatest private art collection in the world. It’s a collection that reflects the taste of English monarchs through the centuries.But in the beginning, it could be called humble origins, even for … Continue reading
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Tagged Act of Supremacy 1534, Edward VI, Girolamo da Treviso, Hans Holbein, Hans Holbein the Elder, Henry VIII art collection, Investiture Controversy, Jane Seymour, King Henry IV, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mary Tudor, Pope Gregory VII, pope Julius II, Pope paul III, Remiqius van Leemput, Roy Strong, Simon Thurley, The Duke of Urbino, Titian portrait of Philip II
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collection with the public purse
Charles I was Britain’s most discerning and energetic royal patron, buying much art and encouraging many continental artists. With his ascension to the throne in 1625, it was a turning point in English connoisseurship. Charles had grown up under the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albrecht Durer, Anthony Van Dyck, Bernini, Charles I titian, Diego Velazquez, Earl of Arundel Charles I, Hans Holbein the Elder, Holbein Erasmus, Hugo van der Goes, Jan Van Dyck, King Charles I art collection, King Charles I England, Raphael Cartoons, Rembrandt Collection Charles I, Robert Campin, Rubens, Titian Girl in a fur wrap, Titian Venus of the Pardo
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