William Ffytch (b.c. 1496 - 1578) with his Hand on a Skull, aged 51 (previously called, impossibly, Thomas Pettit, or Petitt [1570–1607/8])
possibly John Bettes the Elder (fl. c.1531 – c.1570)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1550
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
936 x 682 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 517698
Summary
Oil painting on panel, William Ffytch (b.c. 1496 - 1578) with his Hand on a Skull, aged 51 (previously called, impossibly, Thomas Pettit, or Petitt [1570–1607/8]), possibly by John Bettes the elder (London c.1531 – c.1570), inscribed upper right: Æ* SV*Æ* 51. A half-length portrait of a bearded man, wearing a badge with a crown and the royal arms, and a signet ring with arms: vert, a chevron gules between 3 leopards' heads which is of the Fytch family and borrowed from Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth (1501-1551), some of whose properties William Ffytch bought in the 1550s.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly John Bettes the Elder (fl. c.1531 – c.1570), artist