Portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540)
Hans Holbein, the younger · After 1537 · Watercolor on vellum
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540) is a public-domain drawing by Hans Holbein, the younger, dated After 1537. Watercolor on vellum. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540)” (After 1537) records a face and a costume with very little flattery, which is how Holbein painted the Tudor court.
About the artist
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543) was a German painter who became portraitist to Henry VIII. The drawings and paintings record costume and face with very little flattery.
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