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Anglo-Dutch School, 16th Century

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Description

  • portrait of king henry VIII
  • bears inscription by a later hand, lower left in brown ink: Portret van/Koning Hendrik/de VIII./Ant.van/Dijk/en/olbeen
    pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk on blue paper
    Inv.nr. N 136

Catalogue Note

An attribution has been suggested to Hans Ewouts, a native of Antwerp who settled in England, where he died in 1575.  While there is indeed a general similarlity of style with the artist's paintings, comparable drawings to subtantiate the attribution are unknown.