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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
An unidentified man c.1532-43
Black and coloured chalks, and pen and ink on pale pink prepared paper | 28.5 x 23.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912221
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A portrait drawing of an unidentified man. A bust length portrait facing three-quarters to the left. Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left: Phil: Melanchton. This drawing does not bear a resemblance to other portraits of Philip Melanchthon.
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
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Black and coloured chalks, and pen and ink on pale pink prepared paper
Measurements
28.5 x 23.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: Briquet 1457, watermark cut [same as 12260, 12242, 12214,12256]
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 12221
