Template:POTD/2017-02-03
Picture of the day archives
:
2017 February
<
2017 February 2
2017 February 4
>
Picture of the day
Charles de Solier, comte de Morette
was a French soldier and diplomat as well as a long-serving
gentilhomme de la chambre
to King
Francis I
. He was in London in 1534 as France's ambassador when
Henry VIII
was attempting to win French support for his repudiation of
Catherine of Aragon
, in an alliance against
Charles V
. Around this time, this portrait was painted.
Painting:
Hans Holbein the Younger
Archive
–
More featured pictures...