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Henry Eldest Son of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

Francesco Bartolozzi; After Hans Holbein the YoungerLinkedCulture matchlcp-8d94b20a946d

Date: 1798
Medium: Etching printed in brown and hand colored
Department: European Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 128775

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Henry Brandon, became the Duke of Suffolk at the age of nine, upon the death of his father, Charles, in 1544. In July of 1551, he and his younger brother, also named Charles, fell ill with a “seating sickness.” On July 14, Henry died, making the young Charles the new Duke. Unfortunately, Charles died about an hour later, and since he died childless, the title became extinct. While their father was still alive, Hans Holbein, court painter to King Henry VIII, painted their portraits in miniature. The miniatures entered the royal collection in 1616. In the late 1700s, Francesco Bartolozzi, a Florentine artist who spent forty years in England working as Engraver to the King, made many prints faithfully reproducing Holbein’s paintings, this portrait among them. Europe

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