Jane Seymour Portrait replica brooch pin, ‘The Whitehall Mural’ by Hans Holbein the Younger

This brooch is a Tudor replica dress brooch/pin for costume or historical reenactment.

In 1537, Hans Holbein the Younger painted a vast mural of the Tudor dynasty. It depicted King Henry VIII, his father Henry VII and each of their wives: Jane Seymour and Elizabeth of York.

The mural was part of a wider decorative scheme in Whitehall Palace, a warren of residences covering 23 acres which had been seized after the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey in 1529.

The Whitehall Mural, as it came to be known, was commissioned at some point during Henry’s brief marriage to his third wife, Jane Seymour, which lasted from 30 May 1536 to 24 October 1537. The mural may have been commissioned to celebrate their marriage, or perhaps to pre-empt the birth of what was hoped to be a long-awaited male heir. Jane did indeed give birth to a son (the future Edward VI) in 1537 but died of postnatal complications less than two weeks later.

The brooch is a replica of the one worn in the portrait by Jane Seymour. It has Tudor ouches with red, black and clear crystals and three Grade AAA freshwater drop pearls.

The brooch will come wrapped in my gift box.
I also make the girdle belt and necklace from this portrait.