Thomas Cromwell
Hans Holbein the Younger · 1533
Why it's great
Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's chief minister, carried out the king's break with Rome and closed England's monasteries, but he fell from power and was executed in 1540. Holbein painted him in 1533 at the height of his influence.
🏛️ Part of history
The Protestant Reformation (1517–1648) — Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's chief minister, carried out the king's break with Rome and closed England's monasteries, but he fell from power and was executed in 1540.
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Hans Holbein the Younger was a German painter born in Augsburg in about 1497. He worked in Basel and then in London, where he became court painter to King Henry VIII and painted portraits that made the Tudors famous. He died in London in 1543, probably of the plague.
