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This is Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife. She was a German princess, whose marriage served to create an alliance with England. However, things didn't work out between her and the king. It's a pretty long story, so I'll just tell about the painting.

Henry was interested in an alliance with the Duke of Cleves, who had two daughters old enough to marry. Hans Holbein, the court painter, was sent to do paintings of the ladies so the king could decide which one he wanted. He chose Anne. However, legend has it that Hans fell in love with Anne while painting her, and portrayed her as prettier than she was in real life.

After Anne had arrived in England and was on her way to the court, the king decided to see her in person, not wanting to wait for his "pretty" new bride. So he dropped in on her early, and was NOT happy with the real woman who had come to marry him. You could imagine how cheated he must have felt. But then again, he wasn't much of a prize himself by this time in his life.

Since the marriage was never consummated, the two of them could legally divorce by English law, but to keep the alliance with Germany, Henry gave Anne her own homes and luxuries to live in, and treated her as his "sister" and friend after that. It's nice to say that Anne of Cleves' marriage to Henry VIII had the happiest ending of all the wives.

This outfit was a real pain in the butt to make, mostly because Anne is shown in her most famous painting wearing a very elaborate and odd-shaped German gown. I had to make the upper sleeves and hat out of beads, and the wired veil was the EASY part, lol. Like some of my other works, this was a 2nd attempt at imitating Anne's famous portrait. The first time didn't go over so well and looked like a mess, so it's good that this one turned out better.

I made this using the Tudors Scene-Maker www.dolldivine.com/the-tudors-… on Doll Divine.

Description
This is Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife. She was a German princess, whose marriage served to create an alliance with England. However, things didn't work out between her and the king. It's a pretty long story, so I'll just tell about the painting.

Henry was interested in an alliance with the Duke of Cleves, who had two daughters old enough to marry. Hans Holbein, the court painter, was sent to do paintings of the ladies so the king could decide which one he wanted. He chose Anne. However, legend has it that Hans fell in love with Anne while painting her, and portrayed her as prettier than she was in real life.

After Anne had arrived in England and was on her way to the court, the king decided to see her in person, not wanting to wait for his "pretty" new bride. So he dropped in on her early, and was NOT happy with the real woman who had come to marry him. You could imagine how cheated he must have felt. But then again, he wasn't much of a prize himself by this time in his life.

Since the marriage was never consummated, the two of them could legally divorce by English law, but to keep the alliance with Germany, Henry gave Anne her own homes and luxuries to live in, and treated her as his "sister" and friend after that. It's nice to say that Anne of Cleves' marriage to Henry VIII had the happiest ending of all the wives.

This outfit was a real pain in the butt to make, mostly because Anne is shown in her most famous painting wearing a very elaborate and odd-shaped German gown. I had to make the upper sleeves and hat out of beads, and the wired veil was the EASY part, lol. Like some of my other works, this was a 2nd attempt at imitating Anne's famous portrait. The first time didn't go over so well and looked like a mess, so it's good that this one turned out better.

I made this using the Tudors Scene-Maker www.dolldivine.com/the-tudors-… on Doll Divine.