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Artist



Alternative names	Hans Holbein the Younger
Description	German painter
Date of birth/death	1497 or 1498	before 29 November 1543
Location of birth/death	Augsburg	London
Work location	Basel, Lucerne, London
Authority control	WorldCat

Description

English: Portrait of Thomas Cromwell

Date

between 1532 and 1533

Medium

oil on oak panel

Dimensions

78.4 × 64.5 cm (30.9 × 25.4 in)

Current location

Frick Collection

	Native name	Frick Collection
	Location	New York City
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 16.00″ N, 73° 58′ 3.00″ W
	Established	1913
	Website	frick.org

Living Hall (139)

Accession number

1915.1.76

Notes

English: Three early versions of this painting survive: this one, in the Frick Collection, New York; one in the National Portrait Gallery, London (see 'other versions' below); and one at Burton Constable, Yorkshire, England. Art scholar Roy Strong believed that all three were copies and, while the condition of all three is poor, that the Frick version is in the best condition. Art scholar John Rowlands, however, has since deduced from pentimenti (signs of alteration) revealed by X-ray photographs that the Frick version shows the hand of Holbein himself and is the original. He is followed in this attribution by art scholar Stephanie Buck. All three versions had scrolls painted above Cromwell's head, but the scroll on the Frick version, which was painted after Cromwell's execution, was removed during restoration. The painting has been over-restored, resulting in the removal of much of the surface subtlety characteristic of Holbein. (John Rowlands, Holbein, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985, pp. 137–38. ISBN 0879235780. See also Stephanie Buck, Hans Holbein, pp. 112–13.)

Source/Photographer

The Frick Collection

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