Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, The Courtship of Anne Boleyn
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Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

The Courtship of Anne Boleyn

1846

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.4 × 101.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-140178

This painting shows King Henry VIII of England and his mistress, Anne Boleyn. Henry fell in love with Anne, Queen Catherine’s lady-in-waiting, and divorced his Spanish wife so that he could marry her. To the left of Henry and Anne, the ambassador from Spain expresses his disgust as he watches the king carry out his affair in public. Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze was a supporter of the American and Germ…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

Registry history

  • 1846 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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