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Rowland Lockey: The Quiet Master of Tudor Portraiture Rowland Lockey (c. 1565–1616) remains a figure shrouded in scholarly debate, largely eclipsed by the brilliance of his mentor, Hans Holbein the Younger and fellow apprentice Isaac Oliver. Yet, despite this relative obscurity, Lockey’s contribution to Tudor …
A portrait built from rowland lockey's own colours
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The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
