The painting is by Rowland Lockey after Hans Holbein the Younger, Sir Thomas More and his Family (Nostell Priory version, 1592). The sketch is by Holbein.

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Public given rare access as #ThomasMore #painting goes under microscope

Visitors to #Nostell in #WestYorkshire will get to see cutting-edge #research into work considered the only faithful copy of #Holbein masterpiece

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