The somber face of Britain's King Henry VII was recently given a digital makeover, in an astonishingly photorealistic reconstruction. Graphic artist Matt Loughrey produced the image of the ...

Back in the Tudor times, when important people died wax masks would be made to preserve their likeness. Graphic artist Matt Loughrey used Henry's VII's death mask impression details and added ...

Matt Loughrey, a graphic artist who runs My Colorful Past, has produced a reconstruction based on Henry VII’s death mask - a wax mask cast in 1509. Speaking to Live Science, Mr Loughrey said ...

It is hoped that the research will establish a firmer link between Henry VII's death mask and Torrigiano's work. The funeral effigy head is one of the most viewed objects in Westminster Abbey's ...

Previous research in the 1980s concluded that Torrigiano must have used a model from Henry VII’s death mask to achieve such lifelike results. A death mask is a likeness, typically wax or plaster of a ...

Henry VIII had his face modelled for a death mask; Oliver Cromwell’s survives at Warwick Castle. The sophistication of the plaster and wax casts improved over the centuries – so much so that ...

THE FACE of British King Henry VII has been recreated in creepily realistic detail. The death mask of the father of infamous Henry VIII was used to create this impressive look into the past.

Graphic artist Matt Loughrey produced this image of the deceased king from Henry VII’s death mask, which was cast in 1509. (Matt Loughrey/mycolorfulpast.com) This is the face of King Henry VII ...