Hans Holbein the Younger: Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton ( ) |
Artist | Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498–1543) | | Alternative names | Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein | Description | -German painter and drawer | Date of birth/death | 1497 or 1498 date QS:P,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1497-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 | between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543 date QS:P,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1543-10-07T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1543-11-29T00:00:00Z/11 | Location of birth/death | Augsburg | London | Work location | Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543) | Authority file | | artist QS:P170,Q48319 Details on Google Art Project |
Title | Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton title QS:P1476,en:"Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton" label QS:Len,"Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton" |
Object type | manuscript illumination object_type QS:P31,Q8362 |
Description | English: Portrait miniature of Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton, half-length, turned to right. |
Date | circa 1536 date QS:P571,+1536-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium | watercolor on vellum medium QS:P186,Q22915256;P186,Q378274,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions | diameter: 52 mm (2.04 in) dimensions QS:P2386,52U174789 |
Collection | institution QS:P195,Q213322 |
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Inscriptions | center in gold: · ANNO · // · ETATIS·SVÆ·23 [At the age of 23] |
Notes | English: Miniature, watercolour on vellum, stuck to a playing card with five of diamonds. This miniature portrait is also sometimes called Jane Pemberton. Jane Small (c. 1518–1602) was the daughter of Christopher Pemberton, a Northamptonshire gentleman. She married Nicholas Small, a London cloth merchant. The sitter has been identified from the Pemberton coat of arms at the back of the miniature, with the reservation that this was added in the 17th century.(Strong, p. 47) The date of the painting is not known for certain, but the inscription records the sitter as in her 23rd year. The simplicity of her clothing reflects her relatively modest status; the red carnation may represent betrothal.(Foister, p. 49) In the view of art historian Graham Reynolds, Holbein "portrays a young woman whose plainness is scarcely relieved by her simple costume of black-and-white materials, and yet there can be no doubt that this is one of the great portraits of the world. With remarkable objectivity Holbein has not added anything of himself or subtracted from his sitter's image; he has seen her as she appeared in a solemn mood in the cold light of his painting-room".(Reynolds, p. 7) More info at museum site |
References | - Foister, Susan (2006). Holbein in England, London: Tate, ISBN 1854376454, p. 49.
- Reynolds, Graham (1988). English Portrait Miniatures, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521339200, p. 7.
- Strong, Roy (1983). Artists of the Tudor Court: the Portrait Miniature Rediscovered, 1520–1620, London: Thames & Hudson/Victoria & Albert Museum, ISBN 0905209346, p. 47.
- Described at URL: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16583/mrs-jane-small-formerly-mrs-portrait-miniature/
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Source/Photographer | NAHwLEfz6bQ9Qg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level |
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