PORTRAIT OF A MAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS THOMAS PARR (REPUTEDLY 1483-1635?), BUST-LENGTH, IN A BROWN COAT

THOMAS PARR WAS SAID TO HAVE LIVED FOR 152 YEARS. AS NEWS OF HIS PURPORTED AGE SPREAD 'OLD PARR', AS HE WAS KNOWN, BECAME A NATIONAL CELEBRITY AND WAS PAINTED BY RUBENS AND VAN DYCK. UPON HIS DEATH, KING CHARLES I ARRANGED FOR HIM TO BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.