After Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Thomas Godsalve (c.1481-1545) with his son John (c. 1510-1558). Photo Sotheby's

inscribed upper left: .Anno.Dmi.M .D. XXVIII and further inscribed lower right: Thomas Godsalve de Norwico Etatis sue Anno / quadragesimo septo. Oil on panel; 35 by 36 cm.; 13¾ by 14¼ in. Estimation 20,000-30,000 GBP. Unsold

PROVENANCE: Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 March 2000, lot 47

NOTE: This picture is after a work in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden dated 1528 which depicts Thomas Godsalve, a prosperous Norfolk landowner and registrar of the consistory court at Norwich, with his son John, who through hisfather's friendship with homas Cromwell, secured the posts of Clerk of the Signet and Clerk of the Mint.

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