FDA-P.4-2010
Parts
FDA-P.4-2010
Identification
Sir Thomas Smith
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Smith, Thomas (), 1513 - 1577 (Sitter)
Half-length, in a fur trimmed coat and a black cap
height (sight size): 754mm
width (sight size): 624mm
height (frame): 900mm
width (frame): 772mm
depth (frame): 45mm
width (sight size): 624mm
height (frame): 900mm
width (frame): 772mm
depth (frame): 45mm
Inscription on canvas to left of sitter's head 'Sr: Thomas Smith Provost of Eton College, Chancellour of the most noble Order of the Garter, Secretary of State to King Edward VI, & to Queen Elizabeth'
Coat-of-arms of SirThomas Smith to right of head
Inscription on frame 'love and feare aetatis suae XXXIII', 'Cernitur effigies facts vera at penicillus corporis atque umbrai tantum simulachra reponit'
Coat-of-arms of SirThomas Smith to right of head
Inscription on frame 'love and feare aetatis suae XXXIII', 'Cernitur effigies facts vera at penicillus corporis atque umbrai tantum simulachra reponit'
Oil on canvas
Painted black and gold and lettered frame
British School 16th Century
Production
Holbein, Hans, 1497 - 1543 (Source artist)
c.1554
History and association
FDA-P.363-2010 (copy after original)
FDA-E.1876:1-2015 (print after original painting)
FDA-E.1876:2-2015 (print after original painting)
FDA-E.1876:1-2015 (print after original painting)
FDA-E.1876:2-2015 (print after original painting)