. English: Portrait of Sir Thomas Strange of Hunstanton. Black and coloured chalks on pink-primed paper, × cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. Some outlines have been worked over by later hands. Sir Thomas Strange or le Strange (1494–1545) was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk, his home county, in 1532. In 1536, prior to the dissolution of the monasteries, he investigated the revenues of Walsingham Abbey with Sir Richard Southwell, whom Holbein also drew and painted. His brother-in-law was Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden, whom Holbein drew twice, with long hair and with sh
. English: Portrait of Sir Thomas Strange of Hunstanton. Black and coloured chalks on pink-primed paper, × cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. Some outlines have been worked over by later hands. Sir Thomas Strange or le Strange (1494–1545) was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk, his home county, in 1532. In 1536, prior to the dissolution of the monasteries, he investigated the revenues of Walsingham Abbey with Sir Richard Southwell, whom Holbein also drew and painted. His brother-in-law was Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden, whom Holbein drew twice, with long hair and with short hair. The drawing is a preliminary study for Holbein's portrait of Strange, now in New York. Other versions exist by followers. References K. T. Parker, The Drawings of Hans Holbein at Windsor Castle, Oxford: Phaidon, 1945, OCLC 822974, p. 48. John Rowlands, Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985, ISBN 0879235780, p. 143. . circa 1536. Hans Holbein (1497/1498–1543) Alternative names Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein Description German painter and draughtsman Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543 Location of birth/death Augsburg London Work location Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543) Authority control : Q48319 VIAF: 4945401 ISNI: 0000 0001 2098 7816 ULAN: 500005259 LCCN: n81117179 NLA: 36275979 WorldCat 1125 Sir Thomas Strange by Hans Holbein the Younger
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