The Holme Family

1628

A painted and carved wooden tryptich probably showing the portraits of Henry Holme, his wife Dorothy and their two children on the inner panels. The exterior is painted with figures representing Youth and Age, a merchant's mark incorporating the letters WH, and an inscription incorporating rebuses (visual puns). These read 'WEE MUST / DIE ALL (the dial of a clock) YET BY / CHRIST (figure of Christ) LIVE ALL'. There is a skull by the wife's portrait, and coats of arms above the man's portrait and above his wife's.