Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550), First Earl of Southampton . English: Portrait Miniature of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. Painting on card, cut down to an oval of 5 × 3 cm Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton (–50), was Clerk to the Signet by 1530 and close to Thomas Cromwell, the head of Henry VIII's government. He rose to become Lord Chancellor and was made an earl in 1547. In 1549/50, after the fall of Edward Seymour, Lord Protector Somerset, he made a bid to replace him but was outmanoeuvred by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and banished from the Privy Cou
Thomas Wriothesley (1505–1550), First Earl of Southampton . English: Portrait Miniature of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. Painting on card, cut down to an oval of 5 × 3 cm Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton (–50), was Clerk to the Signet by 1530 and close to Thomas Cromwell, the head of Henry VIII's government. He rose to become Lord Chancellor and was made an earl in 1547. In 1549/50, after the fall of Edward Seymour, Lord Protector Somerset, he made a bid to replace him but was outmanoeuvred by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and banished from the Privy Council. Despite the museum's attribution, scholars do not believe that this fine miniature is an original Holbein. Based on a Holbein drawing (see 'Other versions' below), it may, according to art historian John Rowlands, have been painted in the second half of the 16th century, since its shares characteristics with the miniatures of Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619). Reference John Rowlands, Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985, ISBN 0879235780, p. 239. . second half of 18th century. 1190 Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, after Hans Holbein the Younger
Size: 2070px × 2415px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., /, /., 18th, century.
