An Unknown Man, Aged 29, Possibly of the Kempe Family
Date:
1589
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in yellow paint, upper left: "[illegible]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.1.4
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
Tudor | crest | man | costume | portrait | coat of arms
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 28-29, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)Ian Tyers, The tree-ring analysis of 23 panel paintings from the Yale Center for British Art , New Haven : dendrochronological consultancy report 470, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2011, pp. 13, 14, 16, 17, 45-47, fig. 22, CC78.3 .T94 2011 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
According to the York Herald of Arms (writing in 1969), the heraldic information suggests that the sitter was a member of the Kemp family of Spain's Hall, Finchingfield, Essex. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2005