Attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1497–1543, German, active in Switzerland and England, Portrait of a man, probably Sir George Carew (ca.1504-1545), ca. 1540
- Title:
Portrait of a man, probably Sir George Carew (ca.1504-1545)
- Former Title(s):
An Unknown Man
- Date:
- ca. 1540
- Medium:
- Gouache and gold on thin card
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 1 13/16 inches (4.6 cm), Frame: 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches (6.7 x 5.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in gold center left: "Aetatis"; in artist's hand in gold center right: "SVE-35"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1974.2.58
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beard | headgear | portrait
- Associated People:
- Carew, Sir George (ca. 1504–1545), soldier and naval commander
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11610
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Artists of the Tudor Court - The Portrait Miniature Rediscovered (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983-07-06 - 1983-11-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Yale Center for British Art, Selected paintings, drawings & books, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1977, p. 2, N590.2 A82 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Cynthia Zarin, Teen queen : looking for Lady Jane, New Yorker, vol. 83, October 15, 2007, p. 60, V 2632 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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