Lot 4: JOHANN HEINRICH HURTER (SWISS, 1734-1799) AFTER JOOS VAN CLEVE (FLEMISH, 1485/90 - 1540/41)

JOHANN HEINRICH HURTER (SWISS, 1734-1799) AFTER JOOS VAN CLEVE (FLEMISH, 1485/90 - 1540/41)
King Henry VIII (1491-1547), in embroidered gold tunic adorned with jewels and slashed to reveal white shirt with gold and jewelled trim, fur stole over his shoulders, black cap with white ostrich plume, his right hand resting on a crimson velvet cushion, his left hand holding a scroll inscribed in Latin 'MARCI. 16 ITE IN MVDVM [sic] VNIVERSV ET PREDICATE EVANGELIVM OMNI CREATVRE' from the Gospel of St Mark, Chapter 16, Verse 15
signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Henry VIII. Roi d'Angleterre, peint d'aprés le Tabl: original de Holbein, au Palais de Kensington. Pour l'Auguste Catherine II. Imperatrice de toutes les Russies. &c.; &c.; &c.; par Hurter, Londres 1788.'
enamel on copper
4¼ in. (106 mm.) diam., later rectangular with shaped corners red velvet easel-stand frame
Inscribed on the backing card 'Henry huit Roi d'Angleterre peint d'aprés le tableau original de Holbein, au palais de Kensington pour l'auguste Catherine deux, impératrice de toutes les Russies. &[...] Par de Hurter Londres. 1788'

JOHANN HEINRICH HURTER (SWISS, 1734-1799) AFTER JOOS VAN CLEVE (FLEMISH, 1485/90 - 1540/41)
King Henry VIII (1491-1547), in embroidered gold tunic adorned with jewels and slashed to reveal white shirt with gold and jewelled trim, fur stole over his shoulders, black cap with white ostrich plume, his right hand resting on a crimson velvet cushion, his left hand holding a scroll inscribed in Latin 'MARCI. 16 ITE IN MVDVM [sic] VNIVERSV ET PREDICATE EVANGELIVM OMNI CREATVRE' from the Gospel of St Mark, Chapter 16, Verse 15
signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Henry VIII. Roi d'Angleterre, peint d'aprés le Tabl: original de Holbein, au Palais de Kensington. Pour l'Auguste Catherine II. Imperatrice de toutes les Russies. &c.; &c.; &c.; par Hurter, Londres 1788.'
enamel on copper
4¼ in. (106 mm.) diam., later rectangular with shaped corners red velvet easel-stand frame
Inscribed on the backing card 'Henry huit Roi d'Angleterre peint d'aprés le tableau original de Holbein, au palais de Kensington pour l'auguste Catherine deux, impératrice de toutes les Russies. &[...] Par de Hurter Londres. 1788'