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Sir Henry Unton (or Umpton) (c. 1557 – 23 March 1596) was an Elizabethan English diplomat. Life [ edit ] 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. He is surrounded by scenes from his life and death, starting in the ...
Open. Commissioned by his widow, Dorothy, this remarkable painting tells the life story of Sir Henry Unton, an Elizabethan soldier and diplomat who died during a mission to France. The story begins at the bottom right, where after entering a house through the porch, the first scene portrays Sir Henry’s early infancy.
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).
He bought two more manors in Berkshire and, in 1589, succeeded Edward to what remained in his hands of the Unton inheritance. But by now two of Henry’s patrons, Leicester and Walsingham, were dead and Unton’s expectations were centred upon first Hatton aim then Leicester’s stepson, the Earl of Essex. In the meantime he had sat in ...
21 de abr. de 2011 · 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.
Sir Henry Unton (?1557-1596), soldier and diplomat of Wadley in Berkshire, was knighted for his courage at the Battle of Zutphen in 1586. In 1591 he was to be sent as an ambassador to France, where he died five years later.The artist's name is not recorded, although the composition and handling recall that of portraits signed by Hieronimo Custodis.
