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Henry Unton. Sir Henry Unton, 1586 (artist unknown) Sir Henry Unton (or Umpton) (c. 1557 – 23 March 1596) was an Elizabethan English diplomat . Life. Unton was born at Wychwood and was the second son of Sir Edward Unton (d. 1583) of Wadley House, near Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire ).
This highly unusual narrative portrait of Sir Henry Unton (c. 1558-1596) was commissioned as a posthumous commemoration of his life by his widow, Dorothy née Wroughton (d. 1634). At the heart of the composition is the portrait of Unton, flanked by figures of Fame and Death.
This painting tells the story of the life and death of the Elizabethan soldier and diplomat Henry Unton. This type of English narrative painting is highly unusual and Unton is portrayed at least ten times in various scenes from his life and death.
Sir Henry Unton. (circa 1558-1596), Soldier and diplomat. Sitter in 1 portrait. Unton was a distinguished diplomat and soldier, who served in the Earl of Leicester's expedition to the Netherlands along with Sir Philip Sidney. He was knighted at Zutphen in 1586. He twice led negotiations with Henry IV of France (1591-2 and 1595-6).
21 de abr. de 2011 · Roy C. Strong. Article. Metrics. Get access. Share. Cite. Extract. One of the strangest and best-known pictures in the National Portrait Gallery is that of Sir Henry Unton. He is depicted seated in a richly upholstered chair while around him there are grouped many extraordinary and wondrous scenes.
Born: circa 1561 at Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire. Ambassador to France. Died: 23rd March 159 6 at La Fere, Picardy, France. Sir Henry Unton was the son of Sir Edward Unton (occasionally spelt Umpton) of Wadley House at Littleworth in Faringdon (Berkshire) and his wife, Anne, the eldest daughter of the former Lord Protector of the Realm, ...
London, United Kingdom. Sir Henry Unton (?1557-1596), soldier and diplomat of Wadley in Berkshire, was knighted for his courage at the Battle of Zutphen in 1586.
