Sir Richard Southwell

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A courtier at the court of Henry VIII who was a close associate of Thomas Cromwell, Southwell took an active part in the dissolution of the monasteries and became rich in the process. He was one of the agents sent to remove the books and extract a confession from Sir Thomas More, and in 1546 accused his childhood friend the Earl of Surrey of treason. He was Master of the Ordnance from 1554–1560.
The portrait is a very skilfully painted contemporary copy of a painting by Hans Holbein.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Sir Richard Southwell

Date

late 16th C

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 45.7 x W 35.6 cm

Accession number

4912

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1972

Work type

Painting

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