My photograph of the painting Sir Thomas More and His Family (after Hans Holbein the younger) by Rowland Lockey
was taken last year on a visit to Nostell Priory, Yorkshire.
was taken last year on a visit to Nostell Priory, Yorkshire.
The painting is the last item on show before you leave the building, it is placed at the bottom of a set of stairs and runs
parallel to them so you cannot see it until you are right in front of it. My jaw literally dropped when I saw it, I knew it was
held at Nostell but I had forgotten it was there.
It is a massive painting, I cannot describe how I felt when I saw it, it's simply wonderful......... I had to be dragged away
with the promise of visiting again.
Apart from it being a brilliant piece of art, it is full to bursting with symbolism. The question asked by many is
"Who is the young man in the far right hand corner"?
Matthew Lewis in his blog writes
"The figure at the back marked 'Johanes heresius Thomas Mori family Anno 27' has long been believed to represent John Harris, Sir Thomas More's long standing secretary (Jack) Leslau, however, uncovered several interesting anomalies that he believed pointed to a different occupant for third position, and the unravelling of Engands great mystery. Leslau believed that this figure was, in fact, Dr John Clement, the husband of Margaret Giggs, Sir Thomas More's adopted daughter, and, more controversially, that Dr John Clement was the assumed identity of .....................????? "
Click on the link below to find the answer.
mattlewisauthor.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/leslau-holbein-more-and-clement/
parallel to them so you cannot see it until you are right in front of it. My jaw literally dropped when I saw it, I knew it was
held at Nostell but I had forgotten it was there.
It is a massive painting, I cannot describe how I felt when I saw it, it's simply wonderful......... I had to be dragged away
with the promise of visiting again.
Apart from it being a brilliant piece of art, it is full to bursting with symbolism. The question asked by many is
"Who is the young man in the far right hand corner"?
Matthew Lewis in his blog writes
"The figure at the back marked 'Johanes heresius Thomas Mori family Anno 27' has long been believed to represent John Harris, Sir Thomas More's long standing secretary (Jack) Leslau, however, uncovered several interesting anomalies that he believed pointed to a different occupant for third position, and the unravelling of Engands great mystery. Leslau believed that this figure was, in fact, Dr John Clement, the husband of Margaret Giggs, Sir Thomas More's adopted daughter, and, more controversially, that Dr John Clement was the assumed identity of .....................????? "
Click on the link below to find the answer.
mattlewisauthor.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/leslau-holbein-more-and-clement/
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