HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497/8-1543)
Sir John More (c.1451-1530)
c.1526-7RCIN 912224
A portrait drawing of Sir John More (c.1451-1530), father of Sir Thomas More. A bust length portrait facing three-quarters to the right. He wears a black hat and fur collar. A study for the More family group (destroyed). Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left: Iudge More Sr Tho: Mores Father.
watermark: Briquet 12863, crowned vase with flower [same as 12225,12270,12229,12217,12215,12263,12258,12190,12193,12206]