He might technically be “the younger,” but he still died 500 years ago. He’s also responsible for the best painting show in New York right now. I’m speaking, of course, of Hans Holbein the Younger, ...

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 & ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hans Holbein’s painting of Simon George (c.1535-40) . . . © Horst ...

Hans Holbein the Younger got around. The son of the late-medieval painter Hans Holbein the Elder, the German Renaissance artist moved between Germany and Switzerland, then between the continent and ...

Nicholas Hilliard's miniature portrait of Henry VIII will be among the works on show More than 100 works of art from King Henry VIII's court will go on show at the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace ...

To accompany the first episode in Andrew Graham-Dixon's Art, Passion & Power series, Isabella Manning of Royal Collection Trust uses Holbein's drawings and paintings to offer insight into the famous ...

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 exhibitions ...

Portraiture is in the frame of London’s art scene this year. The National Portrait Gallery reopened its doors on 22 June; a portrait of King Charles commissioned for Tatler’s July issue was unveiled ...

With Holbein the drawing and the painting are practically interchangeable if we are pursuing the secret of his art; but, with most men, work with the pencil or chalk has meant a more spontaneous ...

The Tudors are the most famous English dynasty of them all. Thanks to a plethora of blockbuster films and TV adaptations, Henry VIII and his six wives are as familiar to us as soap stars. Less ...

Time can be such a curious, slippery thing. John Godsalve worked at the court of Henry VIII. A protégé of the king’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, he enjoyed a successful career, culminating with a ...