Core Record |
| Title |
Portrait of a Man: Reputedly Sir Thomas Wyatt |
| Collection |
Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal |
| Artist |
After Holbein, Hans, the younger (German painter, draftsman, born 1497 or 1498, died 1543, active in Switzerland and England) |
| Date Earliest |
1542 |
| Date Latest |
probably about 1600 |
| Description |
This portrait has been identified as Sir Thomas Wyatt (about 1521-1554) on the basis of the initials inscribed on either side of the sitter's head. Wyatt, the leading poet at the court of Henry VIII and a diplomat, was alleged to have been a lover of Anne Boleyn before her marriage to Henry VIII and was briefly imprisoned for it. However, he was released, later knighted and carried out a number of diplomatic missions for the King as well as receiving other positions and rewards as well as being accused of treason, again imprisoned and again released. He was also a renowned poet, credited with introducing the Petrarchian Italian sonnet form to English poetry. Perhaps it is a book of verse that he is holding in the portrait. This painting is clearly derived from the portrait of Wyatt after Holbein of about 1540 in the National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 2809. |
| Current Accession Number |
AH 1119/73 |
| Inscription |
front ul 'T'; front ur 'W' |
| Subject |
portrait (Wyatt, Sir Thomas ?) |
| Measurements |
43.5 x 31 cm.0 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on panel |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by Miss T. M. Baumgartner 1973. |
| Notes |
Label, back uc 'Sir Thomas Wyatt by Holbein'. |
| Rights Owner |
Lakeland Arts Trust |
| Author |
Lisa Howard |
