A small portrait of a young man, flower in hand, in the collection of the Society, inscribed on the frame: LE ROY DE DENEMARQUE is here identified as Christian II (1481–1559, King of Denmark 1513–23) as a young prince. The painting may be a contemporary or rather later copy of an original painted about 1505–6. The author points out the affinity between this painting and two other portraits in the collection, here identified as Englebert II, Count of Nassau (1451–1504), and Philip of Cleves, Seigneur de Ravenstein (1456–1528).
According to the notes of the donor, the Reverend Thomas Kerrich, these three pictures belonged to a series of portraits at Oxnead. The connection between the Paston family and the Burgundian Court is explained. The portrait of Christian II may be a copy of an original, probably sent to Margaret of Austria, whose niece Isabella of Habsburg, brought up by her at Malines, married Christian in 1514. If the copy had been sent to England on the occasion of the wedding in 1514, the wording of the inscription would be correct.