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Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons
Holbein prepared this cartoon for a large-scale work to commemorate the grant of a royal charter to the Company of Barbers and the Guild of Surgeons on their merger in 1540. Presumably at the request of his clients, Holbein based the design on that of the miniatures painted on Tudor charters of privileges. Working from an old sketch, Holbein portrayed King Henry, who did not sit for him on this occasion, more as an icon than as a living person[1] |
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English:   On the King’s right side are his two physicians, Dr. John Chambers and Sir William Butts and his apothecary Thomas Alsop. 
The painting itself, however, departs markedly from it in places, for example in the second row of figures on the right and in the background.[2] It was for a long time believed that this version was a copy, but X-rays have revealed that, under the paint, the paper is pricked all over, following the outlines of the composition. This shows that it was used to mark up the original version of the painting.[3] |
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| Date | circa 1543 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on paper mounted on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 160 cm (62.9 in); width: 280 cm (110.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history | The surgeons, who retained ownership of the painting, bought the cartoon in 1786 from a French art dealer.[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pascal Griener,Oskar Bätschmann: Hans Holbein: Revised and Expanded Second Edition, p.31 B. Cohen: King Henry 8th and the barber surgeons. The story of the Holbein cartoon. |
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| Source/Photographer | Stephanie Buck, Hans Holbein, Cologne: Könemann, 1999, ISBN 3829025831. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ↑ Stephanie Buck, Hans Holbein, Cologne: Könemann, 1999, ISBN 3829025831, 128.
- ↑ Derek Wilson, Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man, London: Pimlico, 2006, ISBN 1844139182, 273.
- ↑ Rowlands, John, Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985, ISBN 0879235780, 148–49.
- ↑ Buck, 129.
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| current | 18:27, 7 February 2009 | | 2,655 × 1,545 (1.94 MB) | Qp10qp | {{Information |Description={{en|1=''Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons''. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 160 × 280 cm, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London.}} |Source=Stephanie Buck, ''Hans Holbein'', Cologne: Könemann, 1999, ISBN 3829025831. | |
