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Portrait of Henry VIII (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia, read 2026-08-17

A Wikipedia article on Hans Holbein the Younger's 1536-37 Whitehall Mural portrait of Henry VIII, destroyed in the 1698 Whitehall Palace fire, describing the King's aggressive, wide-legged stance and its survival only through copies, chiefly the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool version. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Henry_VIII
Source Type
encyclopedia
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3
A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used for uncontroversial art-historical facts corroborated by a second, independently written Wikipedia article on the artist.
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This source names Henry VIII directly: "1536-37 Whitehall Mural portrait of Henry VIII, destroyed in the 1698 Whitehall Palace fire, describing the King's aggressive, wide-legged stance and its survival only through copies, chiefly the..."

Source Portrait of Henry VIII (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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