# Portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540)

- By: Hans Holbein, the younger (German, 1497–1543)
- Date: After 1537
- Medium: Watercolor on vellum
- Classification: Miniature Painting
- Dimensions: Diam.: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Framed: Diam.: 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.)
- Culture: Germany
- Credit line: Colonel Alexander F. and Jeannie C. Stevenson Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/12422)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/1a35cf1e-9d63-edc3-ded0-dae5f9379c8e/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)