Current knowledge
Royal Collection 404443
Hans Holbein the Younger
A Merchant of the German Steelyard: 'Hans of Antwerp'
Current measurements:
63cm x 48.4cm
Date:
1532
Van der Doort 1639
Holbein
(German) Merchant in a black cap and habit, cutting with a knife the sealing thread from a letter, a seal lying by him on a green table (life-size half-length)
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):