-
1 of 253523 objects
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton (c.1490-1542) c.1536-40
Black and coloured chalks, and metalpoint on pale pink prepared paper | 38.3 x 27.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912206
-
A portrait drawing of William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton (c.1490-1542). A bust length portrait facing three-quarters to the right. He is shown wearing a hat adorned with a medallion, and a fur collar. Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left: Fitz Williams Earl of Southampton. A copy after Holbein's original painting of William Fitzwilliam is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
William Fitzwilliam was one of the young men who formed part of Prince Henry's inner circle and who went on to hold high office after the Prince's accession. He served as Ambassador to France in 1521 before becoming Treasurer of the Household and Lord High Admiral. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1526 and is shown wearing his Garter collar in this drawing.
Provenance
Henry VIII; Edward VI, 1547; Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel; by whom bequeathed to John, Lord Lumley, 1580; by whom probably bequeathed to Henry, Prince of Wales, 1609, and thus inherited by Prince Charles (later Charles I), 1612; by whom exchanged with Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1627/8; by whom given to Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; acquired by Charles II by 1675
-
Creator(s)
Acquirer(s)
-
Medium and techniques
Black and coloured chalks, and metalpoint on pale pink prepared paper
Measurements
38.3 x 27.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: Briquet 12863, crowned vase and flower [same as 12224,12225,12270,12229,12217,12215,12263,12258,12190,12193]
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 12206
