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This portrait of the later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_France" class="extiw" title="w:Henry III of France">Henry III of France</a> was long mistaken for a portrait of his younger brother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Anjou" class="extiw" title="en:Francis, Duke of Anjou">Francis of Alençon</a>, due to a false inscription at the bottom of the portrait. (Not shown here.) The preparatory sketch that formed the basis of this work, preserved in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France" class="extiw" title="en:Bibliothèque nationale de France">National Library of France</a>, shows clearly that this is Henry III.</div>
<bdi>Attributed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jean_de_Court" class="extiw" title="w:en:Jean de Court"><span title="French painter (1530-1584)">Jean de Court</span></a>
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16<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
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