Portrait of Queen Christina of Denmark [SEP] creator
Portrait of Queen Christina of Denmark
Portrait of Queen Christina of Denmark is late work of the Italian Renaissance master Titian, painted in 1555–1556 as an oil on canvas and now housed in the National Museum of Serbia of Belgrade, Serbia. This painting was part of collection of Mary of Hungary (1505–1558) already in 1556. Before the World War II was part of Contini Bonacossi Collection.
Portrait of Christina of Denmark
Portrait of Christina of Denmark was painted with oil on oak panel by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1538. It was commissioned that year by Thomas Cromwell, agent for Henry VIII, as a betrothal painting following the death of the English Queen Jane Seymour. It shows the then sixteen-year-old Christina of Denmark, widowed Duchess of Milan. She was not a great beauty, but had a striking manner and strength of character. Although Henry was taken by her representations, the marriage proposal