Sir William Butts, After Hans Holbein the Younger, 1649

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Sir William Butts, 1649, Etching, first state of three NH), Sheet: 5 3/16 × 3 5/8 in. ( × cm), Prints, After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London), Portrait of an elderly man with grey straight hair covering his ears, moustache and beard; bust-length to left; wearing a plumed hat with slashed rim, and fur stole over slashed doublet. According to New Hollstein, the suggestion that the sitter is Henry VIII's doctor, William Butts, is incorrect

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Size: 3296px × 4238px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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