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by bobwolf 695 days ago
Apparently was part of a set of 22 portraits commissioned in the 1590s by tapestry maker Ralph Sheldon and not the only one missing.

According to https://adamfineart.wordpress.com/2024/07/04/ralph-sheldons-...

The 1781 sale at Christie’s of the Weston portraits show that the group included portraits of Henry IV, Henry V, Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII, Queen Elizabeth, Charles V, Prince Arthur, Henry VIII, Francis King of France, Edward VI, Queen Mother of France, Henry of Bourbon, King of France, Cardinal Wolsey, L. Cromwell Earl of Essex, Sir Thomas Moore, Duke of Alva, Comte Eglemont, Duke of Guise, Duke of Parma and the Earl of Essex.

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> Apparently was part of a set of 22 portraits commissioned in the 1590s by tapestry maker Ralph Sheldon and not the only one missing.

Yes, that's what the article says.

The article however doesn't mention that the paintings were auctioned off in 1781 (just "sold at auction"), so thanks for that info!