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Our knowledge of Henry's image today is largely derived from the portraiture of Robert Peake the Elder and Isaac Oliver (circa 1565-1617) and their respective workshops. Peake, who was Henry's personal painter, painted three primary full-length portraits between circa 1604 and 1610, on which nearly all contemporary portraits were based. The present work is a bust-length version based on the earliest of these and perhaps the most widely known: the Hunting Group of circa 1604 which is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The original portrait shows Prince Henry together with his friend John, Lord Harington of Exon, standing above a slain stag with his sword drawn. It is from this work that the present portrait is derived.