

Item details
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Acquisition
Probably Alleyn Bequest, 1626
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Accession number
DPG368
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Artist
British School
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Date
1605
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Dimensions
33.3 x 25.8 cm
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Inscription
Inscribed upper right below brim of hat: DE Beza 1605
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Materials
Oil on canvas
Théodore De Beza (1519-1605), French scholar and reformer, he succeeded Calvin at Geneva in 1564; he published the Confessions de la foi chrétienne in 1559. The image may ultimately derive (with the addition of a broad-brimmed hat) from one of the half-length engravings in Beza's Icones (1580).

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