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Emanuel Leutze: The Courtship of Anne Boleyn  wikidata:Q20540618 reasonator:Q20540618
Artist
Emanuel Leutze  (1816–1868)  wikidata:Q452321
 
Emanuel Leutze
Alternative names
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Description American-German painter, artist and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 24 May 1816 Edit this at Wikidata 18 July 1868 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gmünd, (now Schwäbisch Gmünd) Washington DC
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Munich; Philadelphia Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q452321
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Title
The Courtship of Anne Boleyn
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: In this painting depicting Henry's court sometime during 1525-1530, the main players of 'The Great Matter' are portrayed. In this large portrait, Henry VIII is seen intimately wooing Anne Boleyn in court behind his wife, Katherine of Aragon. This painting shows King Henry VIII of England and his mistress, Anne Boleyn. Henry fell in love with Anne, Queen Katharine’s lady-in-waiting, and divorced his Spanish wife so that he could marry her. To the left of Henry and Anne, the ambassador from Spain expresses his disgust as he watches the king carry out his affair in public. Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze was a supporter of the American and German revolutions and may have painted King Henry’s infamous betrayal to show his distaste for royalty.
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Date 1846
date QS:P571,+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 28.5 in (72.3 cm); width: 40.1 in (101.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,28.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,40.125U218593
institution QS:P195,Q1192305
Current location
Luce Foundation Center / 3rd Floor / 7A
Accession number
1980.28
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Notes Smithsonian American Art Museum online gallery page
References Smithsonian American Art Museum artwork ID: 14565 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer http://americanart.si.edu/images/1980/1980.28_1a.jpg

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