Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1526 – 1583)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1575 - 1580
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
595 x 382 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515575
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1526 – 1583), British (English) School, circa 1575/80. A half-length portrait, turned slightly to right, gazing at spectator, reddish hair, moustache and short beard, wearing a flat bonnet with a row of jewelled brooches and a circular brooch with St George? which holds a red plume. He wears a buff doublet which has been pinked and panned with a high collar which is fastened with jewelled buttons, a small white ruff opened in the front and ruffed cuffs, over this he wears a black cloak with high fur collar, the sleeves of which are scattered with jewelled brooches, he also wears a gold jewelled chain from which is suspended the ‘Lesser George’ the badge of the order of the Garter, he holds with his right hand his white rod of office of Lord Chamberlain.
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
British (English) School, artist