id:			134787
accession number:	1957.356
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.356
updated:		2025-06-11 11:04:26.062000

Sir Thomas More, 1600s. Follower of Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543). Oil on wood in a gilt wood frame; framed: 8.6 x 8.6 x 1.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in.); diameter: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); unframed: 6.7 x 6.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.); diameter of frame: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1957.356

title:				Sir Thomas More
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	Germany
technique:	oil on wood in a gilt wood frame
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - German before 1800
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* Hans Holbein the Younger (German, active England and Switzerland, 1497/98–1543)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 8.6 x 8.6 x 1.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in.); Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 6.7 x 6.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Diameter of frame: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Scholar in Art
	opening date:   1968-04-19T04:00:00
	<i>The Scholar in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-28, 1968).

	title:		Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs
	opening date:   1982-11-02T05:00:00
	<i>Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).

	title:		Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America
	opening date:   1993-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

	title:		Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
	opening date:   2013-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

	title:		The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
	opening date:   2023-02-25T05:00:00
	<i>The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (February 26-May 14, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private collection, New York, NY
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	[Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY]
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	The Edward B. Greene Collection, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1957
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 462
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n85

	Francis, Henry S. “A Miniature of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 46, no. 4 (April 1959): 55–57.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 54-55
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142333

	Francis, Henry. "The Stag Hunt." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>46, no. 9 (November 1959): 198-205.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 200
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142361

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 111
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n135

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 111
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n134

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 127
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n147

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 172-173; Reproduced: p. 173
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IMAGES

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