John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1973
- Dimensions
- 50 x 39 cm
- Vendor
- Christopher Gibbs
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners was Chancellor of the Exchequer to Henry VIII and also a scholar.
Costume and technique suggest that the portrait may have been painted in the Pas de Calais in the 1520s when Lord Berners was Deputy of Calais.
Provenance
Jane, Baroness Berners; by descent, G.H.Tyrwhitt-Wilson; by bequest, R.V.Herber Percy.