John, I Bettes
? – 1570
English painter and wood-engraver. His signed Portrait of a Man in a Black Cap (1545; London, Tate) is painted in the tradition of Hans Holbein the Younger and is a major factor in the unresolved debate about what studio, assistants or pupils Holbein had in England. A label on the back, cut from the portrait or from its original frame, reads faict par Johan Bettes Anglois, the 'Anglois' probably indicating that it was painted abroad.
3 artworks in collection
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