“Thomas More hears his death sentence”
(“Tommaso Moro mentre riceve la sentenza di morte da Enrico VIII/ Per non avere aderito al ripudio di Caterina sua moglie. Margherita sua figlia fu con lui sina alla morte”)
Drawing, Giuseppe Bezzuoli (1784 – 1855).
Study for the Family Portrait of Thomas More
By Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1527.
This sketch was a study for a painting, which was apparently destroyed by fire in the 18th Century. Copies of the painting survive, however, such as this one made by Rowland Lockey created around 1594.
