# Henry VIII, King of England [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HORENBOUT, Lucas]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Miniature on vellum mounted on cardboard, diameter 56 mm ## Commentary Henry VIII, King of England c. 1526 Miniature on vellum mounted on cardboard, diameter 56 mm Musée du Louvre, Paris Lucas Horenbout was active in England where in 1525 he became the official portraitist to the king. This representation of Henry VIII at the age of thirty-five, in which the sitter is shown half-length in a medallion, is one of the oldest miniature portraits done in England. Among the thirty-three miniature portraits attributed to Horenbout, eight, all different, depict the sovereign, always in conformity with the same formula of the bust standing out against an azure ground, which has its source in Flemish and French manuscript paintings. ## Related artworks - [Henry VIII, King of England]() - [Henry VIII]() - [Portrait of Catherine of Aragon]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()