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More than 100 works of art from King Henry VIII's court will go on show at the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace later this year. The exhibition will include the largest number of works by Hans ...
Whisperings in corridors, prisoners in towers, courtiers and clergy sent to the block – Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), court artist during Henry VIII's reign, must have seen it all.
Hans Holbein the Younger’s famous “Portrait of Henry VIII” is on loan to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art from the ...
This abstract piece became world famous when it broke the record for the most expensive painting by a living European artist, selling for a whopping £30.4 million in 2015 at Sotheby's in London.
Young Derich Born’s cheekbones were not always sharp enough to peel apples — new research reveals the 1553 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger underwent several revisions to give him a more ...
The paintings are grand, the miniatures fine – but it's Holbein's evergreen drawings that prove what an all-time great he was Jump to content UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...
Hans Holbein is known for paintings of royals and grandees at Henry VIII's court; Conservation work revealed he made one subject's 'chubby' face more chiselled; By SAM TONKIN.
Holbein painted defining portraits of Henry, his six wives and other figures such as Sir Thomas More. It is thought the king obtained the portraits after the artist's death from the plague in 1543 ...
Young Derich Born’s cheekbones were not always sharp enough to peel apples — new research reveals the 1553 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger underwent several revisions to give him a more ...
Holbein At The Tudor Court will highlight his time at court in the first half of the 16th Century. Works will include drawings, paintings, miniatures and book illustrations by the artist.