Renaissance England is inseparable from the reign of King Henry VIII, the notorious monarch who famously had six wives—most of whom met unfortunate ends. Initially married to Catherine of Aragon ...

Hans Holbein the Younger acted as a matchmaker to Henry VIII, tasked with painting the portraits of potential wives across Europe in a bid to safeguard the future of the throne. As two new ...

Hans Holbein the ... this painting by Hans Holbein the Younger. The decision famously backfired, with Henry finding the woman who arrived in England one year later, in 1540, less enchanting ...

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art said Hans Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII (1540) is currently on display. The portrait is on special loan from Rome. It came from the Gallerie Nazionali di ...

4.5 x 3 in. (11.4 x 7.6 cm.) ...

Katherine Howard’s 1540 miniature is dwarfed ... full length portraits, such as Hans Holbein the Younger’s “The Ambassadors” (1533) or that of Henry VIII himself (1537), from Holbein ...

Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein in the Collection of His Majesty, for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII. With Biographical Tracts. London: W. Bulmer & ...

It was this portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger that famously sealed the deal on the marriage between the then 24-year-old Anne and 48-year-old King Henry VIII. Anne, born Anne von der Mark ...

Hans Holbein the Younger’s religious beliefs are a subject ... and working in England as an official court painter to Henry VIII. At this point, Henry VIII was notably Protestant, known for ...

Holbein’s portrait drawings particularly capture our attention. The Royal Collection has 80, kept together in a “Great Booke” since the days of Henry VIII. As ever with Holbein, there is a ...

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art said Hans Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII (1540) is currently on display. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The portrait is on ...