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Thomas Cromwell painted by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1532-3. The Frick Collection

Trinity College prayer book belonged to Thomas Cromwell, new research suggests

09 Jun 2023

The Hardouyn Hours, a jewelled fifteenth-century prayer book in Trinity College Library belonged to Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry...

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Holbein’s Dance Of Death - the 16th century Charlie Hebdo

02 Nov 2016

He is best remembered for the magnificent portraits he produced as the court painter of Henry VIII; but a new study of Hans Holbein’s famous ‘Dance...

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