Paintings

The Queen Dowager of England, Widow of Edward IV, Delivering Her Son and the Duke of York to the Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Type: Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1786
Accession number: 2008.14
Maker: John Francis Rigaud(Opens in new tab) (French, 1742–1810)
Dimensions: 12 x 15 1/4 in. (30.5 x 38.7 cm.)
Medium: oil on copper
Description: In this oil painting on copper, Elizabeth Woodville, Queen dowager of England, hugs her young son, Edward V, in front of Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England, and other members of the royal court.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Browning Memorial Art Fund
Department: European Art
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