Hans Holbein the Younger: The 16th-Century painter who created 'a Tinder for Tudors'
Hans Holbein the Younger acted as a matchmaker to Henry VIII, painting portraits of potential wives in a bid to safeguard the future of the throne.
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Hans Holbein the Younger acted as a matchmaker to Henry VIII, painting portraits of potential wives in a bid to safeguard the future of the throne.
When each of the wives of King Henry VIII sought to project messages about themselves to the watching world, they often did so via their jewellery. Their pendants, brooches and gems could be to display anything from power to piety. Nicola Tallis explores portraits of the six queens to reveal how their choice of pendants, rubies and brooches shaped their public images
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger hides signs of discord that extend to Henry VIII and the Reformation
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What better place to survey the artist’s private pictures than in one of the bedrooms of Sandycombe Lodge, his former London home?