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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: Portrait of Thomas Cromwell

🖼 Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, c. 1533
Oak
76 × 61 cm
New York, USA

Piercing gaze and austere features dominate this half-length portrait, rendered with Holbein's characteristic precision and muted palette. Cromwell's unflinching stare captures the ruthless pragmatism of Henry VIII's chief minister during the English Reformation's most volatile years.

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