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 ...
The great Renaissance artist exploded into England on the run from anti-art crusaders – and his spellbinding portraits of 16th-century grandees are going on display at last I am in the Haus of Holbein ...
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 ...
When we visualise the court of Henry VIII, it is probably a picture by Hans Holbein that springs to mind, said Melanie McDonagh in the Evening Standard. His "unforgettable" portraits of figures ...
Holbein at the Tudor Court: sketches of 16th-century statesmen that would have made Matisse proud The paintings are grand, the miniatures fine – but it's Holbein's evergreen drawings that prove what ...
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 ...
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 & ...
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 ...
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'These really are the treasures' - Queen exhibits Holbein drawings to first lady Melania Trump Some rarities from the Royal Library and Queen Mary's Dolls' House are on display for the first lady to ...
Stripped of the fashions of his day, sat bleakly against a plain blue wall, Johannes Froben doesn’t look like a sixteenth-century printer. In Hans Holbein’s portrait, he could be anyone, at any time.