Генри VII - король повышает ставки

Впрочем, умереть король Англии в 1508 году просто не мог себе позволить. Пусть тело его было хлипким, и утомлялся он быстро, но ум оставался проницательным и любопытствующим. И назначение королем Фердинандом нового посла в Англию как раз давало пищу и для ума, и для любопытства его величества. This miniature, and three others by Hilliard, date from around 1600 and were part of the 'Bosworth Jewel', which commemorated the start of Tudor rule after Henry VII's victory over Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. It was presented to Charles I by Nicholas Hilliard's son. The four miniatures were contained in an enamelled gold box which bore a depiction of the Battle of Bosworth on the lid. The Jewel seems to have been one of the items sold from the collection under Oliver Cromwell and, although the four miniatures had returned to royal ownership in the late seventeenth century, the box was lost. The four miniatures are now in Victorian frames ( Read more... )