Cecily Heron (b. 1507) was the youngest daughter of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas More">Thomas More</a>. In 1535, her father was executed , after refusing to sign the oath to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Supremacy" class="extiw" title="w:Acts of Supremacy">Act of Supremacy</a>. Her husband, Giles Heron, was hanged for treason in 1540. This drawing is one of seven fine surviving studies drawn by Holbein for his <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Study_for_portrait_of_the_More_family,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg" title="File:Study for portrait of the More family, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg">group portrait of Thomas More's family</a>. In the family portrait, the position of Cecily's right arm is altered so that her hand lies across her pregnant midriff.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Hans_Holbein_the_Younger" class="extiw" title="w:en:Hans Holbein the Younger"><span title="German artist and printmaker (1497-1543)">Hans Holbein the Younger</span></a>
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circa 1527 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1527-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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