Sir Thomas More and Family was a group portrait painted around 1527 by Hans Holbein the Younger during his first stay in England, showing the statesman and scholar Thomas More together with his immediate family and household. The original was destroyed by fire at Kromeriz Castle in 1752, but its composition survives through later copies, most notably one painted by Rowland Lockey in the 1590s, and through a preparatory drawing by Holbein himself held at the Kunstmuseum Basel.
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LocationOriginal destroyed by fire in 1752 at Kromeriz Castle; best copy at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire 1 Original destroyed in 1752; copies survive at Nostell Priory, the National Portrait Gallery and the V&A. MediumOil on canvas (Lockey copy) 1 Sources
1. Sir Thomas More and Family (Wikipedia)
Original painting, fate
the original painting was destroyed in a fire in 1752, at Schloss Kremsier (Kroměříž Castle), the Moravian residence of Carl von Liechtenstein
Nostell Priory copy, medium
Oil on canvas
Genre reference
Sir Thomas More and Family was a group portrait painted around 1527 by Hans Holbein the Younger during his first stay in England, showing the statesman and scholar Thomas More together with his immediate family and household.
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