King Henry VII Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Henry VII NPG 416

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown Netherlandish artist

This impressive portrait is the earliest painting in the National Portrait Gallery's collection. The inscription records that the portrait was painted on 29 October 1505 by order of Herman Rinck, an agent for the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I. The portrait was probably painted as part of an unsuccessful marriage proposal, as Henry hoped to marry Maximilian's daughter Margaret of Savoy as his second wife. The frame is integral with the panel painting and thus original, being made out of a single piece of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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