Holbein and Thomas More: An Intimate Portrait
Xavier F. Salomon
Hans Holbein the Younger’s portrait of Sir Thomas More, painted in 1527, is one of the pinnacles of the artist’s career. Xavier F. Salomon, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, The Frick Collection, explores the friendship between artist and sitter, which developed during Holbein’s first trip to London, and the wider network of scholarly exchanges that informed the creation of this work of art.
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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543)
Sir Thomas More, 1527
Oil on panel
29 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (74.9 x 60.3 cm)
The Frick Collection, New York, 1912.1.77