Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
published by Balthasar Moncornet, after Hans Holbein the Younger
engraving, published circa 1650-1668
6 3/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (162 mm x 112 mm) plate size; 6 5/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. (169 mm x 118 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20179
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473-1554), Politician and uncle of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Sitter associated with 13 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498-1543), Painter, printmaker and designer; son of Hans Holbein the Elder. Artist or producer associated with 310 portraits, Sitter associated with 25 portraits.
- Balthasar Moncornet (circa 1600-1668), Tapissier, engraver and print publisher. Artist or producer associated with 53 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D33248: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (from same plate)
- NPG D42571: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (from same plate)
Events of 1650back to top
Current affairs
Exiled Charles, Prince of Wales, holds negotiations in the Netherlands, with the Scottish Parliament to secure an alliance. Despite misgivings on both sides, and pressure from the Scots for Charles to sign the covenants, the treaty of Breda is agreed.Oliver Cromwell defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.
Art and science
Poet and politician, Andrew Marvell, composes his greatest political poem, Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland. Marvell become Oliver Cromwell's unofficial poet laureate during the Protectorate.International
William, The Prince of Orange, grandson of Charles I, is born assuming the title from the moment of birth. Forty years later, he would become William III of England.General-at-Sea, Robert Blake is dispatched to Portugal to prevent attacks on Commonwealth merchant shipping from royalist, Prince Rupert, based in Lisbon.
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