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Charles de Solier, comte de Morette was a French soldier and diplomat as well as a long-serving gentilhomme de la chambre to King Francis I. He was in London in 1534 as France's ambassador when Henry VIII was attempting to win French support for his repudiation of Catherine of Aragon, in an alliance against Charles V. Around this time, this portrait was painted.Painting: Hans Holbein the Younger