Jane Seymour, Queen of England and King Fernando - 889 Words

Title: Jane Seymour, Queen of England on January 29 1536, Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s wife had a miscarriage at Hampton Court Palace and four months later was sentenced to death on the charge of unfaithfulness. the day before, the king became engaged to Jane Seymour. she had come to court in 1530 and served her two predecessors as lady-inwaiting. she died in October 1537 while giving birth to the heir of the throne. she was the only wife of the king that was buried together with Henry at Windsor castle. Hans Holbein had made a career for himself and had lived in London since 1532 and was appointed court painter to the English Monarch in 1536, the year of the royal wedding. the one tone background of the painting is a concession to the interests of the court portrait. holbein convinced the court that such portraits with a flatness to it gives them a formal character. in the piece, Jane Seymour’s jewelry, her garment, and her slightly pale features are focussed in a even light and presented in every detail — a very old-fashioned technique that had superseded by full tone chiaroscuro not only in Italian paintings. however this is very same technique that creates the necessary distance form the viewer is what Holbein intended. title: portrait of the King Fernando the seventh by Artist:Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Medium: oil on wood panel Period: 1814 The eldest surviving son of Charles VI King of Spain, Ferdinand was born in the vast palace of El