s Portrait of Rosamond Clifford, Mistress of King Henry II - Hull Museums Collections

Portrait of Rosamond Clifford, Mistress of King Henry II

When this work was originally acquired it was believed to be a portrait of Jane Shore, mistress of Edward IV. Fair Rosamond, mistress of King Henry II, was said to have been murdered by his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, c.1176. Such portraits are all of much later origin.