Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith)
by Simon de Passe, published by Compton Holland
line engraving, published 1617
6 3/8 in. x 4 in. (163 mm x 101 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D25352
Sitterback to top
- Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith) (circa 1558-1625), Merchant; son of Thomas ('Customer') Smythe. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Simon de Passe (1595-1647), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 200 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Compton Holland (died 1622), Print publisher. Artist or producer associated with 43 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D26049: Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith) (based on same portrait)
- NPG D26047: Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith) (based on same portrait)
- NPG D26048: Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith) (based on same portrait)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1617back to top
Current affairs
Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth is made Chamberlain to Prince Charles.Petitions from Catholics persuade James I to permit certain types of recreation on Sundays. However, the king's subsequent declaration of sports angers Puritans who advocated for appropriate and strict observance of the sabbath.
Art and science
Physician and Rosicrucian, Robert Fludd, begins to publish his philosophical work, Utriusque cosmi. Extensively illustrated with mystic emblems, Fludd's neoplatonist metaphysics suggested a complex relationship between the spiritual and physical world, prompting attacks from leading scholars.International
Incited by Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes, Constable of France, the seventeen-year-old French king, Louis XIII, forces his mother Marie de Medici who has held de facto power, into retirement and has her favourite, Concino Concini, assassinated.Comments back to top
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