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King Henry IV (1553-1610) is shown in plain contemporary armour, bare-headed but for a wreath of oak leaves. The cross with the dove of the Order of St Esprit appears below the sash at the base of the bust. A late eighteenth-century inventory of the contents of Montagu House, Whitehall mentions the bust as 'By John of Bologna Genry 4th of France' valued at £25.

PROVENANCE at Montagu House, Whitehall during the lifetime of George, 4th Earl of Cardigan, later Duke of Montagu (d. 1790)