Hans Holbein dJ - Thomas Wriothesley [1535]

Hans Holbein the younger

Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550), First Earl of Southampton [1535]

New York Metropolitan Museum of Art; AN 25.205

*************************************************************************************************

This miniature, which is widely ascribed to Holbein, is based on a drawing by him in the Louvre, Paris. It has apparently been cut down to fit an oval frame. Wriothesley (1508–1550), who was Lord Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal, acted as Henry VIII's executor and privy counselor to Edward VI.

 

Done