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Re:Missing Henry VIII portrait found after random X post by bobwolf on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @02:33PM (#41112590)
Apparently was part of a set of 22 portraits commissioned in the 1590s by tapestry maker Ralph Sheldon and not the only one missing.

According to https://adamfineart.wordpress.com/2024/07/04/ralph-sheldons-...

The 1781 sale at Christie’s of the Weston portraits show that the group included portraits of Henry IV, Henry V, Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII, Queen Elizabeth, Charles V, Prince Arthur, Henry VIII, Francis King of France, Edward VI, Queen Mother of France, Henry of Bourbon, King of France, Cardinal Wolsey, L. Cromwell Earl of Essex, Sir Thomas Moore, Duke of Alva, Comte Eglemont, Duke of Guise, Duke of Parma and the Earl of Essex.

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Re:Missing Henry VIII portrait found after random X post by simlevesque on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @02:38PM (#41112657)
> Apparently was part of a set of 22 portraits commissioned in the 1590s by tapestry maker Ralph Sheldon and not the only one missing.

Yes, that's what the article says.

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Re:Missing Henry VIII portrait found after random X post by rob74 on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @02:51AM (#41116920)
The article however doesn't mention that the paintings were auctioned off in 1781 (just "sold at auction"), so thanks for that info!
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