Hans Holbein’s portrait of Saint Thomas More. Upon close inspection of More’s features, one can notice that he is certainly not clean-shaven, which is a deliberate attempt to show how tirelessly he worked as Chancellor of England to safeguard what he thought to be the best interests of his homeland. His attire is regal, yet bland, which symbolizes his humility. A true humanist, Erasmus described More as a man “whose soul was more pure than any snow”
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Hans Holbein’s portrait of Saint Thomas More. Upon close inspection of More’s features, one can notice that he is certainly not clean-shaven, which is a deliberate attempt to show how tirelessly he worked as Chancellor of England to safeguard what he thought to be the best interests of his homeland. His attire is regal, yet bland, which symbolizes his humility. 

A true humanist, Erasmus described More as a man “whose soul was more pure than any snow”

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