An Unknown Man
German School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1525
Materials
Oil on canvas laid on panel
Measurements
362 x 311 mm (14 1/4 x 12 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257094
Summary
Oil painting on canvas laid on panel, An Unknown Man, German School, circa 1525, inscribed on label stuck to back: Sr Thos More. A bust-length portrait, turned three-quarters to right, wearing a fur-collared coat.
Provenance
First recorded in the collection of (Sir) Ralph Bankes at Gray's Inn in 1659, no.121 (then thought to be; 'A Coppy after Holbein); 1764-75, no.14; 1764-75, no.18; 1797 no.41; Picture Bats, c.1800, no.88; c.1890 no.76; bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Makers and roles
German School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543), artist