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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.