Image: Henry Frederick, 1594-1612, Prince of Wales RMG L9773

Description: Henry Frederick, 1594-1612, Prince of Wales A head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, looking towards the viewer. The sitter wears a lace ruff, a pearl earring in his left ear, and Garter robes, with the text of the motto, 'Honi soit qui mal y pense', delineated on the right. Henry was eldest son of James I of England, but when he died in 1612, his younger brother Charles, later Charles I, became heir to the throne. Henry's mother was Anne of Denmark, a leading art patron. The great warship, the 'Prince Royal', was named after him and Pett designed a miniature galleon for Henry's use on the Thames. Peake was Serjeant Painter to James I and specialized in portraits of the monarch and his court. Henry Frederick, 1594-1612, Prince of Wales
Title: Henry Frederick, 1594-1612, Prince of Wales title QS:P1476,en:"Henry Frederick, 1594-1612, Prince of Wales " label QS:Len,"Henry Frederick, 1594-1612, Prince of Wales "
Credit: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15594
Author: Robert Peake the elder
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