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Article: The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 1993
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One of the most original and striking pieces in the |Sovereign' exhibition at the V. & A. last year to commemorate the Queen's 40 years on the throne was a little seen bust of Henry VIII as a child, by Guido Mazzoni. It is a masterpiece of expression and adult potential, and is reproduced as one of the many illustrations in this latest work on a much tried subject. The face and above all the eyes tell us much about the future Henry VIII: dependent, woman-orientated, perhaps almost uxorious, although not in the sense of Philip V of Spain, for example.
What was Henry VIII looking for in women, above all in his wives? What was his experience of women? His mother had ...