# Sir John Ashburnham

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CUSTODIS, Hieronymos](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel, 79 x 60 cm

## Commentary

Sir John Ashburnham \(1571-1620\) is shown as a dashing young man of twenty-three in this portrait. His padded jacket and cartwheel ruff, the height of fashion, contrast with the miniature prayer book he holds in his right hand and perhaps suggest two sides of his personality.

## Related artworks

- [An Elizabethan Courtier](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b/an-elizabethan-courtier-ra561e6d61c3b33>)
- [Portrait of Elizabeth Brydges, later Lady Kennedy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b/portrait-of-elizabeth-brydges-later-lady-kennedy-r12452a53b43508>)
- [Portrait of Lady Jane Hynde, née Verne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b/portrait-of-lady-jane-hynde-ne-verne-r2c09ccefc24689>)
- [Portrait of Sir Francis Hynde](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b/portrait-of-sir-francis-hynde-rc710b98393b14e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)