Lady Margaret (Bacon) Butts
painter
Hans Holbein the Younger
(Augsburg, 1497 or 1498 - 1543, London)
subject
Lady Margaret Bacon Butts
(English, about 1485 - 1545)
Dateabout 1541-1543
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions47.2 x 36.9 cm (18 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP21e5
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryHans Holbein the Younger is most famous as the portraitist to the court of Henry VIII. Holbein’s sober yet quietly sensitive images found great favor during the artist’s sojourns in London from 1526 to 1528 and from 1532 until the end of his life. This portrait of Margaret Bacon, Lady Butts, is one of a pair with her husband, Sir William Butts, M.D., also on view in the Dutch room. Holbein first made a drawing of Lady Butts from life (Windsor Castle) and then traced it onto the panel to be worked up to the final work. William Butts (1485–1545) was the personal physician to Henry VIII, who knighted him in 1544.
Id719317
Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID11867
Source ID1025
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