Sir William Butts

Wenceslaus Hollar|Sir William Butts|Adam Alexius Bierling|Hans Holbein the Younger

1649 · Etching, first state of three NH) · Drawings and Prints

Portrait of an elderly man with grey straight hair covering his ears, moustache and beard; bust-length to left; wearing a plumed hat with slashed rim, and fur stole over slashed doublet. According to New Hollstein, the suggestion that the sitter is Henry VIII's doctor, William Butts, is incorrect. However, the sitter resembles Charles Brandon, whose name is inscribed on the British Museum's impression (BM website).

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar|Sir William Butts|Adam Alexius Bierling|Hans Holbein the Younger

Date

1649

Medium

Etching, first state of three NH)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951