Mozilla Firefox Start Page. Google Image Result for. Google Image Result for. Henry VIII - history's most stereotyped king? How to Paint a Monarch Henry VIII is probably history’s most stereotyped king.
But what if he intended it that way? We instantly picture him in that swaggering pose, staring defiantly at the viewer, with his massive gut, preposterously wide shoulders and bulging codpiece. And this one image conjures up many associations: Henry the misogynist, the serial husband, the executor of wives; Henry the tyrant, savage and ruthless to his enemies, and some of his friends; Henry the strong, the willful, who had to have things his own way, so much so that he set up his own church to marry his mistress. 438-detail-Portrait-of-King-Henry-VIII-close-crop-2-bg8to5-q85-500x313.jpg (JPEG Image, 500 × 313 pixels) Hans_Holbein_d._J._-_Portrait_of_Henry_VIII_-_WGA11564.jpg (JPEG Image, 816 × 975 pixels) - Scaled (65.