Portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VI, aged 8, bust-length, feigned oval

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After William Scrots, probably 17th century
Portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VI, aged 8, bust-length, feigned oval
with inscription 'AN.o.DNI.M.D.XLVI/AETATIS.SVAE/VIII (centre right); and further inscribed '.ICH.' 'DIEN' (centre left and centre right respectively) and '.E.P.' (upper centre)
oil on panel
11½ x 11½ in. (29.3 x 29.3 cm.)
in a Scottish Victorian giltwood and velvet-lined frame surmounted by Prince of Wales feathers, the reverse labelled 'Doig, Wilson & Wheatley, 90 George Street, Edinburgh, Est. 1840'

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Lot Essay

This portrait type derives from a profile portrait of Edward VI by William Scrots. William Scrots (Flemish, fl.1537-1553) entered royal service as King's Painter in succession to Holbein in 1543. Both Scrots' bust-portrait (1546, oil on panel, 63 x 16¾ in. incl. frame) and his half-length portrait of Edward VI (c. 1546, inscribed 'AETATIS.SVAE.9', oil on panel, 18 x 12¼ in.) at the National Portrait Gallery, London, are believed to derive from an original profile portrait that is now lost (see R. Strong, National Portrait Gallery: Tudor & Jacobean Portraits, London, 1969, p. 93).

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