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

by Hans Holbein the Younger

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. (Source: [url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436663]Metr...
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Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art