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An Unknown Young Man, aged 21

French School

Category

Art / Oil paintings

Date

1555

Materials

Oil on panel

Measurements

343 x 254 mm (13 1/2 x 10 in)

Place of origin

France

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Collection

Stourhead, Wiltshire

NT 732092

Summary

Oil painting on panel, An Unknown Young Man, aged 21, French School, inscribed: NOSCE . TE . IPSUM . A o . 1555 . AETATIS . 21 A young man, aged 21 in 1555, according to the inscription in black paint above his head, sits half-length, slightly to the right, wearing a high-collared black surcoat with the frilled edge of his shirt showing at neck and wrists. He wears a black cap and holds his gloves in his right hand. The first part of the inscription is a Latin translation of the Greek 'Know thyself' which was inscribed in the Temple of Delphi.

Provenance

Brought from Wavendon by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare 6th Bt (1865 - 1947) and Alda Weston, Lady Hoare (d. 1947) between 1894 and 1898. Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.

Credit line

Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)

Marks and inscriptions

Recto, upper left to centre, along top above youth's head: Inscribed with the motto: NOSCE . TE . IPSUM . A o . 1555 . AETATIS . 21 ('Know thyself ', Year 1555, Age 21)

Makers and roles

French School, artist previously catalogued as manner of François Clouet (Tours c.1516 - Paris 1572) school of Netherlandish School

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