The various surviving copies of Hans Holbein’s portrait of Cromwell – showing him as pudgy and watchful, expensively but plainly dressed – are distinctly unflattering to this busy royal minister, to the extent that I wonder if vengeful Catholics in Queen Mary Tudor’s reign destroyed any pictures that presented him in a kinder light. ‘Portrait of Thomas Cromwell’ was created in c.1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger in Northern Renaissance style. Thomas Cromwell's miniature portrait is painted, probably by the German artist Hans Holbein the Younger. Sitter associated with 28 portraits Cromwell rose to power as Cardinal Wolsey's right-hand man, later becoming principal secretary and chief minister to Henry VIII. Famous Holbein portraits of Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More, mortal enemies in the court of Henry VIII, now separated only by a fireplace in a NYC room Feb 16, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, was one of the least eloquent men in the court of Henry VIII but he was the man who put it best: “The anger of the prince means death.” Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (circa 1485-1540), Statesman. Portrait of Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell was one of the most influential political figures during and around the reign of Henry VIII and this key individual was carefully portrayed by German painting Hans Holbein. Holbein's Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, is a smaller than usual panel painting, which was painted when the sitter was about 48. He was a brilliant administrator and evangelical reformer, ruthlessly pursuing the dissolution of the monasteries. The first collected edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's … It is one of two portraits which Holbein completed of Cromwell; the second is a circular picture, part of a series of medallions of Tudor statesmen and courtiers.