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Wolsey was a butcher's son from Ipswich who rose to become Henry VIII's most powerful minister in the early part of his reign. He was a talented statesmen who was created a Cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 and was made Lord Chancellor by Henry the same year. He founded Cardinal College, Oxford (later refounded as Christ Church) and built the palace of Hampton Court. Wolsey promoted the King's ambitious foreign policy, but fell from favour when he failed to obtain Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. He died before he could be tried for treason.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Thomas Wolsey

Date

late 16th C

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 83.8 x W 55.9 cm

Accession number

32

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1858

Work type

Painting

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