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Sir Henry Unton (or Umpton) (c. 1557 – 23 March 1596) was an Elizabethan English diplomat. Life [ edit ] Unton was born at Wychwood and was the second son of Sir Edward Unton (d. 1583) of Wadley House , near Faringdon , Berkshire (now Oxfordshire ).
- The Portrait
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- Structural Changes
This highly unusual narrative portrait of Sir Henry Unton (c. 1558-1596) was commissioned as a posthumous commemoration of his life by his widow, Dorothy née Wroughton (d. 1634). At the heart of the composition is the portrait of Unton, flanked by figures of Fame and Death. He is surrounded by scenes from his life and death, starting in the lower r...
As part of the recent technical analysis the painting has been extensively photographed and the images have provided more information about the details of the composition. For example, the jewelled cameo that Unton wears on a chain around his neck had been thought to depict Elizabeth I. However, closer inspection, and comparison with other images, ...
X-radiography and infrared reflectography are analytical techniques that provide information about changes that were made to the composition during the painting’s execution. In this case they revealed a number of small changes; for example, the room beneath the musicians originally featured a colonnade, but it was altered to show a room with figure...
Perhaps most interestingly, technical analysis revealed that the structure of the painting had been substantially altered at an early point. The panel is constructed from three horizontal boards: the top two are possibly made of walnut, and the lowest board is possibly oak. The panel cannot be conclusively examined due to the construction of the ea...
Commissioned by his widow, Dorothy, this remarkable painting tells the life story of Sir Henry Unton, an Elizabethan soldier and diplomat who died during a mission to France. The story begins at the bottom right, where after entering a house through the porch, the first scene portrays Sir Henry’s early infancy.
Unton had been ill on his first embassy, and early in 1596 he was afflicted by fever accompanied ‘with the purples’. He died at Henri IV’s camp before the Spanish-held town of La F‘re, 23 Mar. 1596.
Sir Henry Unton (circa 1558-1596), Soldier and diplomat. Sitter in 1 portrait Unton was a distinguished diplomat and soldier, who served in the Earl of Leicester's expedition to the Netherlands along with Sir Philip Sidney. He was knighted at Zutphen in 1586. He twice led negotiations with Henry IV of France (1591-2 and 1595-6).
21 de abr. de 2011 · One of the strangest and best-known pictures in the National Portrait Gallery is that of Sir Henry Unton. He is depicted seated in a richly upholstered chair while around him there are grouped many extraordinary and wondrous scenes.
Sir Henry Unton (?1557-1596), soldier and diplomat of Wadley in Berkshire, was knighted for his courage at the Battle of Zutphen in 1586. In 1591 he was to be sent as an ambassador to France ,...
