. English: Portrait of William Reskimer. Coloured chalks on pink-primed paper, × cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. The drawing is inscribed, from a later date, 'Reskemeer a Cornish ... Gent'. It has a patched hole at the left temple, and a faint rectangle can be seen cutting across the brow and enclosing the face and beard. Art historian K. T. Parker, who made a study of the Windsor drawings, described the sheet as 'well preserved on the whole, but with some niggling, no doubt later lines ( back of head and nape of neck). Observe also the original left-handed shading of the c
. English: Portrait of William Reskimer. Coloured chalks on pink-primed paper, × cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. The drawing is inscribed, from a later date, 'Reskemeer a Cornish ... Gent'. It has a patched hole at the left temple, and a faint rectangle can be seen cutting across the brow and enclosing the face and beard. Art historian K. T. Parker, who made a study of the Windsor drawings, described the sheet as 'well preserved on the whole, but with some niggling, no doubt later lines ( back of head and nape of neck). Observe also the original left-handed shading of the coat on right as opposed to the darker, probably retouched passages below and to the left of the beard' (Parker, p. 44). This is a preparatory drawing for an oil painting of Reskimer. Since the portrait was once owned by family connections, it has been deduced that the sitter was William Reskimer, sometime page and gentleman usher to the chamber of Henry VIII and keeper of the Cornish ports. Both works have been dated to the early part of Holbein's second stay in England, when he was still painting vines and fig leaves in the background of his portraits (Foister, p. 42). References Susan Foister, Holbein in England, London: Tate, 2006, ISBN 1854376454. K. T. Parker, The Drawings of Hans Holbein at Windsor Castle, Oxford: Phaidon, 1945, OCLC 822974. . c. 1532–33. 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: n81
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Keywords: ., /., 1532–33., hans, holbein,
