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| Keywords: John More, Detail of Study for portrait of the More family, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg Thomas More now lost thought to be the first life-sized group portrait north of the Alps The painted work was copied several times ”by the artist Rowland Lockey c 1565-1616 among others ”though differences between the copies and this sketch suggest that intervening versions may have existed adjusted in response to changes in the English church after the original was painted More was executed in 1535 for his opposition to Henry VIII's religious reforms <br> <br>The astronomer Nicholas Kratzer 1487 “1550 a friend of Holbein and More and the tutor of More's children added the names and ages of the sitters in Latin on the sketch in brown ink On the left is Elizabeth Dauncy More's second daughter; beside her is his adopted daughter Margaret Giggs explaining a point to Thomas More's father John More; Thomas More himself sits in the centre with the engaged couple Anne Cresacre and his only son John More on either side of him; beside John More is the household fool Henry Patenson; on the right of the picture are More's youngest daughter Cecily Heron and his eldest daughter Margaret Roper; More's second wife Alice is kneeling on the extreme right <br> <br/>Holbein also drew individual portraits in preparation for the composition seven of which have survived as well as painting an individual portrait of Thomas More in a similar pose Some scholars believe that the sketch was sent to More's friend the humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus who had recommended Holbein to him and who praised the piece; another view is that More sent Erasmus a version of the actual painting References Buck 53; Christian MĂĽller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan W Ainsworth; et al Hans Holbein the Younger The Basel Years 1515 “1532 Munich Prestel 2006 ISBN 3791335804 pp 370 “74; Derek Wilson Hans Holbein Portrait of an Unknown Man London Pimlico Revised Edition 2006 ISBN 9781844139187 pp 157 “58 1527 Stephanie Buck Hans Holbein Cologne Könemann 1999 ISBN 3829025831 Creator Hans Holbein d J other versions x100px x100px PD-old-100 Original upload log page en wikipedia John_More 2C_Detail_of_Study_for_portrait_of_the_More_family 2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger jpg 2010-03-28 03 26 Witgood 216Ă—260Ă— 44562 bytes <nowiki> en Detail of Sir John More from Study for the Family Portrait of Thomas More Pen and brush in black on top of chalk sketch 38 9 Ă— 52 4 cm Kupferstichkabinett Ă–ffentliche Kunstsammlung Ba</nowiki> Uploaded with UploadWizard Family of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein der JĂĽngere More John the Elder sketch | ||||
