Item Number: 145159 Title: HOLBEIN's Sir Thomas More Author: Salomon, Xavier F. ; Hilary Mantel Price: Not Available ISBN: 9781907804915 Description: London: Giles, in association with The Frick Collection, New York, 2018. 25cm., hardcover, 72pp., 38 color illus. Summary: Hans Holbein’s famous portrayal of Sir Thomas More is one of the artist’s greatest and most popular portraits. In the opening piece of this appealing new volume, “A Letter to Thomas More, Knight”, award-winning author Hilary Mantel vividly imagines the background to the creation of this extraordinary portrait, giving it both historical perspective and immediacy. An insightful, scholarly essay by Xavier Salomon grounds it in the art-historical world. Hans Holbein (1497/98–1543) painted Sir Thomas More in 1527, having been a guest in More’s house when he first arrived in England. He brilliantly renders his sitter’s rich fabrics and unshaven face with sympathy and perception.
(Frick Diptych Series)
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