Missing Henry VIII portrait found after random X post
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#3I think "Missing" is a pretty poor choice of word for this; "Presumed lost to history" would better explain what's happened - Which is both incredible and terribly dull at the same time! Somebody connected the dots on the provenance of a quite old painting that was venerated, but perhaps not as much as it should have been, not far from it's last known location - At least in distance, if not time. Great detective work, and far more interesting than if it'd been lost or stolen and people were looking for it - This was a piece that people knew existed, but nobody was looking for.
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#4Apparently 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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#5Apparently 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…
> 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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Twitter was renamed to X after being purchased by a new owner.
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Yes, but please let's not go into offtopic weeds.
"Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead."
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#10I think "Missing" is a pretty poor choice of word for this; "Presumed lost to history" would better explain what's happened - Which is both incredible and terribly dull at the same time! Somebody connected the dots on the provenance of a quite old painting that was venerated, but perhaps not as much as it should have been, not far from it's last known location - At least in distance, if not time. Great detective work…
"Random" is also a pretty bad word for this. But hey, English is hard, and neither word usage impedes understanding of the article itself.