Holbein was Henry VIII’s court painter, the best portraitist working in Tudor England, and a crony of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Thomas More to boot. His work is early HD. His crisp, correct ...

The Hartford museum is hosting an event called Gallery Talk – Hans Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII with Matthew Hargraves and Oliver Tostmann – on May 3. Wadsworth said the Henry VIII ...

Even after the conclusion of the dramatic events depicted in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, there is still so much more ...

Image: Henry VIII (1491–1547) by Hans Holbein the younger (Getty Images) Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the ...

A MOST interesting exhibition has recently been held at the National Portrait Gallery to mark the rediscovery of Holbein's original cartoon for his famous portrait group, "Henry VIII and the ...

Henry VIII: Britain’s most famous king ... Tempted into marrying her after seeing a beautiful portrait by Hans Holbein, he was disappointed to discover she wasn’t as enchanting as he ...

We find throughout history that there have been rulers we laugh at and rulers we respect. There are some who surprise us with ...

Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII in Wolf Hall ... I’m not naturally wide, and we used the Holbein portraits of him, always, as our go-to point. [Costume designer] Joanna Eatwell was particularly ...

Thomas Cromwell was an English statesman and adviser to Henry VIII, responsible for drafting ... painted by Hans Holbein the Younger (Getty Images) Diarmaid MacCulloch visits the brewery that ...