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Sir Nicholas Poyntz (c.1510-1556) c.1533-43
Black and coloured chalks, and pen and ink on pale pink prepared paper | 28.4 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912234
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A portrait drawing of Sir Nicholas Poyntz (c.1510-1556). A bust length portrait in profile to the left. He wears a chain of knighthood and a hat with badges and a feather. Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left and right: N Poines...Knight. Sir Nicholas Poyntz was an eager patron of the Renaissance styles which were arriving in England in the early sixteenth century, furnishing a house at Iron Acton in Gloucestershire (visited by Henry VIII in August 1535) with Italian glass and ceramics. Holbein's drawing reflects Poyntz' love of fashion, showing him wearing a stylish feathered cap and in a pose which echoes portraits found on Roman medals and coins.
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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Medium and techniques
Black and coloured chalks, and pen and ink on pale pink prepared paper
Measurements
28.4 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: close to Briquet 1050, crowned shield
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RL 12234Featured in
ExhibitionHenry VIII : a 500th anniversary exhibition : Drawings Gallery
explores the life of one of the most significant figures in the history of the English monarchy
