FDA-P.4-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.4-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Sir Thomas Smith
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Three-quarter legnth painted portrait of a seated man, wearing a cap and ring
Description
Content (person)
Smith, Thomas (), 1513 - 1577 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a fur trimmed coat and a black cap
Dimensions
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
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'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Painted black and gold and lettered frame
Style
British School 16th Century
Production
Person
Holbein, Hans, 1497 - 1543 (Source artist)
Date
c.1554
History and association
Associated object
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)
