Thomas Cranmer
Gerlach Flicke · 1545
Why it's great
Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury who helped Henry VIII break with Rome and wrote the English Book of Common Prayer, was burned at the stake in 1556 under Queen Mary. Gerlach Flicke painted this portrait in 1545.
🏛️ Part of history
The Protestant Reformation (1517–1648) — Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury who helped Henry VIII break with Rome and wrote the English Book of Common Prayer, was burned at the stake in 1556 under Queen Mary.
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Gerlach Flicke was a German painter born in Osnabrück around 1495. He moved to England, where he lived in London and painted portraits, including one of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. He died in London in 1558.
