Dimensions: support: 578 x 451 mm frame: 695 x 576 x 73 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is a portrait of Sir Henry Unton, from around 1596, painted by an unknown artist of the British School. It has a certain... stiffness to it. What stands out to you? Curator: Indeed. It's like staring into a mirror of ambition! The ruff, the hat, the elaborate doublet—each detail screams status. But I wonder, does it reveal more about what he wanted to project or who he truly was? What do you think? Editor: I suppose it's hard to tell. I guess I hadn’t considered the “projected self” versus the "real self.” Thanks for that perspective. Curator: Precisely! Art often holds a mirror to our own perceptions. We've both seen something different, and that's part of the fun, isn't it?
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Sir Henry Unton (?1557–1596), soldier and diplomat of Wadley in Berkshire, was knighted for his courage at the Battle of Zutphen in 1586. In 1591 he was to be sent as an ambassador to France, where he died five years later.The artist's name is not recorded, although the composition and handling recall that of portraits signed by Hieronimo Custodis. Custodis was born in Antwerp but came to England in the 1580s, perhaps as a religious exile. He was dead by 1593.A posthumous picture in the National Portrait Gallery by another unknown painter shows Unton surrounded by scenes from his life and death. Gallery label, May 2007
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