Sir Henry Wotton
1 of 14 portraits of Sir Henry Wotton
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Henry Wotton
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas
49 in. x 39 in. (1245 mm x 991 mm)
Purchased, 1907
Primary Collection
NPG 1482
Sitterback to top
- Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639), Diplomat and poet. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Charles Nicholl, Shakespeare and his Contemporaries, 2015, p. 114
- Nicholl, Charles, Character Sketches: Elizabethan Writers, 1997, p. 45
- Nicholl, Charles, Insights: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries, 2005, p. 90
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 679
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Paul Joannides
22 December 2021, 16:36
The pose is based on that of Heraclitus in Raphael's so-called School of Athens in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican, painted in 1510-11. The painter probably knew the figure from an engraving, conceivably one owned by Wotton