Sir Richard Rich, later 1st Baron Rich (1496/7-1567) c.1532-43
Black and coloured chalks, and pen and ink on pale pink prepared paper | 32.2 x 26.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912238
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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
Sir Richard Rich, later 1st Baron Rich (1496/7-1567) c.1532-43
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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
Sir Richard Rich, later 1st Baron Rich (1496/7-1567) c.1532-43
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A portrait drawing of Richard Rich (1496/7-1567) who became 1st Baron Rich in 1548 (after Holbein's death). A bust length portrait facing three-quarters to the right. Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left: Rich Ld Chancelor.
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
32.2 x 26.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: Briquet 11387, hand and flower [same as 12271]
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Other number(s)
RL 12238