Sir Thomas More Oil Portrait Manner of Hans Holbein Early 20th Century

Sir Thomas More Portrait Manner of Hans Holbein Early 20th Century Oil Painting

Early 20th-century oil-on-canvas portrait depicting Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), painted in the manner of Hans Holbein the Younger and following the celebrated Tudor portrait tradition associated with Holbein.

Highlights

• Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)

• Early 20th century

• Manner of Hans Holbein the Younger

• Oil on canvas

• Cheffins Fine Art provenance

• Red and fur-trimmed Tudor costume

• Collar of Esses and Tudor rose pendant

• Unsigned

• Later decorative gilt moulded frame

• Framed 92.8 x 79 x 2.5 cm

• Certificate of Sale & Dealer Attribution

Catalogue Details

Attribution: Manner of Hans Holbein the Younger

Subject: Sir Thomas More

Date: Early 20th century

Medium: Oil on canvas

Signature: Unsigned

Canvas: Approximately 79 cm high x 64.5 cm wide

Framed: 92.8 cm high x 79 cm wide x 2.5 cm deep

Catalogue Note

More is shown half-length against a dark background wearing rich red clothing with broad fur trim.

Across his chest is the elaborate gold Collar of Esses with Tudor rose pendant, creating a strong visual connection with Tudor court imagery.

The contrast between deep red, pale fur, gold and the dark background gives the painting considerable decorative presence.

Hans Holbein the Younger's celebrated 1527 portrait established the enduring visual image of More.

The present painting dates from the early 20th century and belongs to the much later tradition inspired by that historic portrait type.

Cheffins Fine Art catalogued the work as Manner of Hans Holbein (Early 20th Century), and this attribution is retained.

It is not offered as an original work by Hans Holbein.

Sir Thomas More

Thomas More was a lawyer, scholar, Renaissance humanist, writer and statesman who became Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII.

His Utopia was first published in 1516.

More's eventual conflict with Henry VIII resulted in his execution in 1535.

Provenance

Cheffins Fine Art

Subsequently Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®.

Condition Report

Historic condition consistent with age.

Extensive craquelure is visible together with age-related surface wear, abrasions, localised paint loss and variations in surface sheen. Possible historic restoration.

The work is catalogued as unsigned.

The later gilt frame has age-related wear.

Please examine all photographs as part of the condition report.

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