File:Man in a Black Cap, by John Bettes the Elder.jpg
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artist QS:P170,Q3181049 |
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English: Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Black Cap. Oil on oak, 47 × 41 cm, dated 1545 on the front and inscribed on the back: "faict par Johan Bettes Anglois" ("done by John Bettes, Englishman").
Art historians regard Bettes's Man in a Black Cap as a significant work. Its technique is reminiscent of Hans Holbein the Younger's, suggesting that Bettes may have worked with Holbein as part of his workshop.[1] Nothing, however, is known of Holbein's workshop other than paintings associated with it. Holbein does not appear to have founded a school, and Bettes is the only artist whose work reveals his technical influence. For example, he paints over a pink priming, as did Holbein. According to art historian Roy Strong, "He is the artist who, on grounds of style, has the best claim to have worked under Holbein".[2] On the other hand, Bettes's style is distinct from Holbein's; he paints fur more loosely and the beard more flatly than the German artist.[3] In the view of art historian Susan Foister, on the evidence of this portrait, Bettes is "unlikely to have assisted" Holbein.[3] The recording of an artist's name on a painting is rare in this period. The addition of Bettes' nationality suggests that Man in a Black Cap may have been painted abroad.[4] Since the work's creation, the blue smalt pigment of the background has turned brown; the painting has also been cut down along the sides and bottom, with the inscription reaffixed to the back.[1] It has been speculated that the portrait may be of Edmund Butts, the brother of the William Butts whom Bettes painted. Both were sons of William Butts, a court physician whose portrait was painted by Holbein in 1543.[1] References
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Date |
1545 date QS:P571,+1545-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Dimensions |
height: 47 cm (18.5 in); width: 41 cm (16.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,47U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,41U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q195436 |
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room 2 |
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References | tate.org.uk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Karen Hearn, Dynasties: Painting in Tudor and Jacobean England, 1530–1630, London: Tate, 1995, ISBN 1854371576. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- John Bettes the Elder
- 16th-century portrait paintings in Tate Britain
- 16th-century portrait paintings of unidentified men
- 1540s paintings in the United Kingdom
- 1545 portrait paintings of men
- 16th-century oil on panel paintings in the United Kingdom
- 16th-century oil portraits of men at bust length
- 16th-century three-quarter view portrait paintings of men, facing right and looking right
- Art of England
- Fur collars in art
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- Golden inscriptions in portrait paintings
- Males with black headwear in art
- Portrait paintings of men with red beards
- Portrait paintings with brown background
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