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- Title
A Tudor medical group portrait.
- Authors
Thomas, Duncan P.
- Abstract
The famous painting by Hans Holbein, celebrating the 1540 union of the Barbers and the Surgeons to form the Company of Barber-Surgeons, is well known. The work commemorates a milestone in the history of English surgery, but it is also important in another context. Group portraits of professionals were virtually unknown in England at this time, in contrast to portrayals of royalty or aristocratic families. This seems to be the earliest depiction of a group of eminent medical men with the King; the Holbein painting is unique in this respect.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; HOLBEIN, Hans, 1497-1543; PHYSICIANS in art; KINGS &; rulers in art; LATE Renaissance painting; GUILDS; 16TH century medical history; ART history; 16TH century German art; BRITISH kings &; rulers; REIGN of Henry VIII, England, 1509-1547; ART patronage
- Publication
Journal of Medical Biography, 2011, Vol 19, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
0967-7720
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1258/jmb.2010.010026