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HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497/8-1543)

Queen Jane Seymour (1508/9-1537)

c.1536-7

RCIN 912267

Jane Seymour (1508/9–37) was Henry’s third wife. She had been a Lady in Waiting to both Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, before marrying the King in May 1536, a few days after Anne’s execution. In October 1537 she gave birth to Prince Edward, but died a few days later. She was buried at Windsor. This drawing is a preparatory study for a painting now in Vienna. Jane is shown wearing a pear-shaped pendant-jewel, which appears also to have been worn by Katherine Howard.

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