Year: 16th Century
Size: 80" x 57"
Medium: Oil
Description: Fine huge 16th Century English Old Master portrait of Sir Thomas Smythe, oil on canvas, Magnificent huge scale full length portrait in an interior wearing a fur lined coat, his hand on a globe, holding a glove and bearing the sitters coat of arms. Inscribed and titled on the frame plaque. Exceptional condition for its age and presented in a good wooden frame, Likely to be by a close member of Holbein's circle. Another portrait of Sir Thomas Smythe, by Thomas Hudson, is at Queens' College, Cambridge University. Measurements: 80" x 57" framed
Provenance: Spains Hall, Finchingfield, and thence by descent to the present owner