Henry VIII (1491–1547), Founder of Trinity College, Cambridge (1546)

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Trinity College, University of Cambridge

Cambridge

Title

Henry VIII (1491–1547), Founder of Trinity College, Cambridge (1546)

Date

c.1567

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 225 x W 120 cm

Accession number

TC Oils P 85

Acquisition method

commissioned and bequeathed by Robert Beaumont, 1567

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

'En expressa vides Henrici Regis imago quae fuit octavi: musis hoc struxit asylum magnifice. Cum ter denos regnasset et octo annos: quis maior regem labor ultimus ornet. AN 1546'

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Trinity College, University of Cambridge

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