Background
Henry was the eldest son of notable sculptor and architect Nicholas Stone (1586/7-1647). His brothers Nicholas Stone Junior. (1618–1647) and John Stone (1620-1667) were sculptors and masons.
Henry was the eldest son of notable sculptor and architect Nicholas Stone (1586/7-1647). His brothers Nicholas Stone Junior. (1618–1647) and John Stone (1620-1667) were sculptors and masons.
Henry went to Holland, where he was apprenticed to his uncle, the painter Thomas de Keyser.
Stone was, however, chiefly known as a portrait painter, and was an excellent copyist of the works of Van Dyck and the Italian Masters. He also published a short work on painting, called "The Third Participant of the Art of Painting". Stone inherited his father"s house and workyard in Long Acre, London and died there on 24 August 1653.
He was buried on 27 August near his father in Saint Martin"s Church, and on his inscription it is stated that he had passed the greatest part of thirty-seven years in Holland, France, and Italy.
Henry"s Stone"s portrait was painted by Sir Peter Lely.
