# Double Portrait of Sir Thomas Godsalve and His Son John \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holbein-hans-the-younger-r62609172307202>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Resin tempera on oak

## Commentary

Using a pen held in his right hand, 47-year-old Thomas Godsalve from Norwich has just written his name and age in Latin on a piece of paper. Unlike Erasmus in the Basel and Paris portraits, the sitter has paused during writing and is not concentrating on the text; he is in fact looking up and has involuntarily raised the tip of the pen slightly.

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## Attribution

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