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Title: The Paintings - Anne of Cleves Post by: alexasrosa on November 28, 2006, 09:45:05 am Hi
guess what... another painting :lol: Anne of Cleves, c1539 by Hans Holbein the Younger It was on the basis of this portrait that Henry VIII chose her as his wife. Holbein was clearly capable of much better work, and so the question must be - why did he produce such a lifeless portrait? Clearly, he was a court painter but he was also a diplomat. He had very little time to produce the portrait and had to show his prepatory sketches and the finished work to the duke of Cleves and his courtiers. If he felt a lifelike portrait of Anne would be unflattering, he would have felt pressure to change it - hence, the anonymous portrait he did produce. But he was also forced to consider his role as court painter to Henry VIII. Holbein knew that a misleading or false portrait would anger the English king. Forced into a diplomatic corner, the artist tactfully chose to create an unassuming portrait of a woman neither beautiful nor ugly, respectfully attired and with a modest gaze. He hoped to offend no one - but, of course, Henry VIII felt terribly deceived and Holbein would receive no more important commissions from the king. :sign5: TechicalDetails: Costume Mesh: sim2-fashion.de http://www.sim2-fashion.de/datenbank/include.php?path=content/download.php&contentid=722 Hair Mesh: Hair PrincessLeia Remix - by the great Kavar http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=29177 Title: The Paintings - Anne of Cleves Post by: Rainnee1 on November 28, 2006, 11:20:17 am oh...looks great...but the women in painting looks older then the women with your created clothes xDDD
Title: The Paintings - Anne of Cleves Post by: kathy on November 28, 2006, 03:42:21 pm Fantastic job!
Title: The Paintings - Anne of Cleves Post by: yoda258 on November 28, 2006, 08:14:53 pm Great job. Love all the detailing. thanks.
Title: The Paintings - Anne of Cleves Post by: Cathy on November 28, 2006, 09:31:10 pm Quote from: Rainnee1;443755 oh...looks great...but the women in painting looks older then the women with your created clothes xDDD Maybe it's becuase Anne of Cleves wasn't the most beautiful woman in the world.....but she sure was kind... Title: The Paintings - Anne of Cleves Post by: jjsmith on November 29, 2006, 07:38:13 am lovely and
Quote Maybe it's becuase Anne of Cleves wasn't the most beautiful woman in the world.....but she sure was kind... personally, i'd rather be pretty :DTitle: The Paintings - Anne of Cleves Post by: FJPerez on November 29, 2006, 08:41:12 am Dear Alexas: I'm with Rainnee: you've done a very great favour to the memory of Anne of Cleves.
And, like always, what a fantastic work!!!!!! Title: The Paintings - Anne of Cleves Post by: Sheol on November 29, 2006, 09:58:49 am She was the cleverest of Henry's wives... when he said he wanted to get divorced she agreed with him instantly (she knew what had happened to his former wife Anne Boleyn... better to get divorced than beheaded! :( ).
Anyway, he wasn't harsh with her -he had been fooled about her beauty and knew it wasn't her fault- and after the divorce he gave her many castles and palaces in England, where she lived as a rich princess for the rest of her life, being the last of Henry's wives to die. An amazing work, alexasrosa, I really love the costume and the hairdo! :) |