Cocktails with a Curator: Holbein's 'Sir Thomas More'

From the Frick Collection:

In this week’s episode of “Cocktails with a Curator,” Xavier F. Salomon, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, examines one of the Frick’s most beloved paintings, Hans Holbein’s “Sir Thomas More.” Xavier considers More's relationship to humanist circles and the role of "friendship portraits" in making the absent present. In the words of More's devoted friend, Desiderius Erasmus, “life without a friend is no life." As a nod to the turbulent times of Tudor England, Xavier pairs this episode with a Bloody Mary cocktail.

Sir Thomas More

Hans Holbein (German, 1497/1498–1543)

Date:1527

Medium:Oil on oak panel

Dimensions:

29 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (74.9 x 60.3 cm)

Credit Line:Henry Clay Frick Bequest

To see this painting in detail, please visit: https://collections.frick.org/objects...