The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Booking for this event will close at 12:00pm GMT on 25 March 2024. This is a digital event facilitated by Zoom. Your link to access this digital event will be sent the day before the event. Please note your ticket is for the device on which you watch the event regardless of the number of people watching on that device (for example, if two people are watching from the same device in the same room, you only need one ticket).
This magnificent painting records the meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I, which took place between 7 to 24 June 1520. The event became known as 'The Field of the Cloth of Gold', owing to the sumptuousness of the materials used for the tents, pavilions and other furnishings. The meeting was a spectacle of the greatest magnificence and the several artists responsible for this painting have made a fairly accurate visual summary of the various festivities that took place during the meeting of the two kings.
In this online event, Rosanna De Sancha, Senior Paintings Conservator, will share the meticulous work undertaken by our conservation team to restore this masterpiece in preparation for its display in our current exhibition, Holbein at the Tudor Court at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
Rosanna will be joined by Food Historian Marc Meltonville, who will provide insight into the decadent culinary delights depicted within the painting which would have been enjoyed by Henry VIII and Francis I during this most special occasion.
Holbein at the Tudor Court
Exploring the art of Hans Holbein, the image-maker of the Tudor court.
