Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde
by MEULEN, Steven van der, Oil on panel, 93 x 68 cm
The portrait represents Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (1531-1614) in three-quarter armour holding a wheellock pistol, with his coat of arms at upper left. He was an Irish nobleman who sided with the English in the rebellions in the mid-16th century.