Unknown man, formerly known as Richard Hooker Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Unknown man, formerly known as Richard Hooker NPG 844
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Unknown artist
This unusual object has rarely been displayed. It was given to the Gallery in 1890 when it was thought to be a portrait of the Protestant theologian Richard Hooker. The identity of the sitter is unknown but it is probably a Dutch or Flemish patron The composition on the other side was originally thought to be a fragment from an earlier painting that had been broken up and then reused in order to make the portrait. Re-examination of the portrait has shown that both sides... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










