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Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex

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  "contributors": [
    {
      "contributorType": "Other",
      "familyName": "Cromwell",
      "givenName": "Thomas",
      "name": "Cromwell, Thomas",
      "nameIdentifiers": [],
      "nameType": "Personal"
    }
  ],
  "creators": [
    {
      "familyName": "Holbein",
      "givenName": "Hans",
      "name": "Holbein, Hans",
      "nameIdentifiers": [],
      "nameType": "Personal"
    }
  ],
  "dates": [
    {
      "date": "1532",
      "dateType": "Issued"
    },
    {
      "date": "1994",
      "dateType": "Collected"
    }
  ],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "description": "This portrait of Thomas Cromwell may be one of the first miniatures Holbein painted. It was made during his second visit to England in 1532 when Cromwell was advancing as a trusted councillor of the king. The mount has been cut from a playing card of the suit of spades. This portrait is mounted in the same case as another, later, miniature of Cromwell.",
      "descriptionType": "Abstract"
    },
    {
      "description": "Purchased with help from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, 1994. Previously in the collection of Sir Walter Aston Blount, 10th Baronet; Christie's 24 February 1932 (lot 17) (1950 gns to Frank Sabin); Dr Anton F. Philips, Christie's 6 July 1993 (bought in).",
      "descriptionType": "Other",
      "lang": "eng"
    },
    {
      "description": "Provenance: 1932, Sir Walter Aston Blount, 10th Baronet; 1993, Christie's;",
      "descriptionType": "Other",
      "lang": "eng"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "identifier": "https://npg.freizo.org/artwork/10021",
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    }
  ],
  "language": "eng",
  "publicationYear": "1532",
  "publisher": "National Portrait Gallery",
  "rightsList": [
    {
      "rights": "Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0 Unported",
      "rightsIdentifier": "cc-by-nd-3.0",
      "rightsIdentifierScheme": "spdx",
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    }
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  "sizes": [
    "44 mm diamater (framed)"
  ],
  "subjects": [
    {
      "subject": "Multispectral"
    },
    {
      "subject": "Photomicrograph"
    },
    {
      "subject": "Photography"
    },
    {
      "subject": "Master"
    }
  ],
  "titles": [
    {
      "title": "Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex"
    }
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  "types": {
    "resourceType": "Figure",
    "resourceTypeGeneral": "Image"
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}