The extraordinary life of the outstanding artist of the 16th Century. Hans Holbein the Younger became court painter to Henry VIII and was regarded as a phenomenon in his day for his ability to bring ...

is a survey of the work of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543). Holbein was Henry VIII’s court painter, the best portraitist working in Tudor England, and a crony of Erasmus of Rotterdam ...

Thomas Cromwell was an English statesman and adviser to Henry VIII, responsible for ... Thomas Cromwell as the Earl of Essex, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger (Getty Images) Diarmaid MacCulloch ...