Portrait of Sir Henry Hobart (c.1560–1625), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
- Period
- 1615–1625
- Origin
- England
- Dimensions
- W 19 1/2" × H 22 1/4" × D 1 1/2"
- Reference
- #Marh3653
This piece has been sold. It is shown here for reference in our archive.
Description
English School, c.1615–1625
Oil on canvas; late 17th-century English water-gilded frame
A half-length likeness of Sir Henry Hobart, shown three-quarters right wearing the coif and black skull-cap of a Serjeant-at-Law, a crisp figure-of-eight lace ruff, and the scarlet judicial robes of the Court of Common Pleas. The restrained, cool ground and careful stippling of the lace are consistent with early-Stuart provincial practice in the second and third decades of the seventeenth century.
