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King Edward VI  wikidata:Q128061753 reasonator:Q128061753
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Unknown anonymousUnknown anonymous Attributed to the Sheldon Master (fl. 1580-1610)
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Title
Edward the 6
Part of Sheldon Portraits Collection Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The Sheldon Master portrait of King Edward VI (1537-1553).

This painting once formed part of the famous set of paintings assembled by Ralph Sheldon (c. 1537–1613) at Weston Park, Warwickshire, during the 1590s. Sheldon had commissioned a set of at least twenty-two portraits of Kings, Queens, and English and European historical figures. The paintings recognieable by their arched tops and distinctive frames, decorated with linked medallions. reference

Provenance: Commissioned by Ralph Sheldon (c. 1537–1613), by direct descent to William Sheldon (1715–1780);

His posthumous sale ('A catalogue of the Elegant and Rich Houshold [sic] Furniture [... ] pictures [...] of the late William Sheldon, esq; dec. at his seat, called Weston, near Long Compton, in the County of Warwick'), on the premises, Weston House, Warwickshire, Christie and Ansell, 3 September 1781; Mr and Mrs E.J. de Tracy-Kelly, Audley House School, Chesterton, Oxfordshire; Audley House School sale, Mallams, 5 April 1995.

Sotheby's Sale L120342012, Lot 195, 2012.
Depicted people Edward VI of England Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1580 and circa 1610
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1580-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1610-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
oil on oak panel, with arched top
Dimensions height: 84.4 cm (33.2 in); width: 56.5 cm (22.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,84.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,56.5U174728
Object history
Inscriptions inscribed, EDWARD THE.6. (upper left)
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Source/Photographer https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l12034/lot.195.html
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