Portrait of Thomas Cromwell

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Portrait of Thomas Cromwell is a renowned 16th-century painting by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting Henry VIII’s powerful chief minister with striking realism and psychological intensity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tudor portrait
painting
appliedToMaterial oak panel
artForm panel painting
artHistoricalContext court portraiture of Henry VIII’s reign
artworkStyle realism
catalogCode Frick Collection inv. number 1915.1.76
collection Frick Collection
countryOfOrigin England
creator Hans Holbein the Younger
depicts Thomas Cromwell
depictsClothing black fur-lined gown
depictsFacialExpression severe
depictsHandedness right hand holding a paper
depictsHeadgear black cap
depictsObject book
papers
seal
depictsOccupation statesman
depictsPositionHeld chief minister to Henry VIII
depictsTimePeriod Tudor period
depictsWritingInstrument quill pen
genre court portrait
portrait painting
hasColor black
flesh tones
green
hasPart green curtain background
inscription tablet
sealed documents
writing implements
hasReferenceTo service to Henry VIII
hasSubjectHeading Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540
inception 1530s
influencedBy Netherlandish portrait tradition
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New York
New York City
United States of America
location Frick Collection
materialUsed oil paint
movement Northern Renaissance
notableFor detailed characterization of a Tudor statesman
psychological intensity
striking realism
originalLanguageOfInscription Latin
partOf Frick Collection’s Old Master paintings
significantEvent rise of Thomas Cromwell at the court of Henry VIII

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Hans Holbein the Younger notableWork Portrait of Thomas Cromwell