After seeing Holbein’s portrait of Anne, Henry agreed, taking delight in “the pretty, doll-like face that looked back at him, with its fair hair, delicate eyes, mouth and chin, and demure, maidenly expression,” writes historianTracy Bormanin...
The likeness of Henry VIII that comes most readily to mind today is one resembling the imperious portraits painted by Holbein and his contemporaries towards the closing years of the King's reign.1 Of these, the best surviving example now belongs to Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza in Switzerland...
A drawing of the Sheldon set, including the portrait of Henry VIII (third from right),in situat Weston HousePublic domain via Wikimedia Commons Today, only a handful of the portraits are known to survive, scattered across private and public collections. Most va...
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Portrait of Henry VIII of England, oil on wood by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1537; in the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. (more) Henry VIII king of England Written by Geoffrey R. Elton Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, 1983–88; Fellow of Clare Coll...
Anne, the sister of the Duke of Cleves, was suggested. The German artist Hans Holbein the Younger, who served as the king's official painter, was sent out to create a portrait of her. However after the couple married, in January 1540, Henry disapproved of Anne in the flesh and divorced...
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Portrait purported to be Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury The Poles owned land in Cheshire and Buckinghamshire. Richard’s father, a Welshman, was buried in Bisham Abbey, the mausoleum of the Montagu Earls of Salisbury in 1479. Richard Neville, the Kingmaker’s father was reinterred there...
10. Henry passed away at the age of 55. Henry passed away on 28th January, 1547. He is buried in St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. Embed from Getty Images Credit: Portrait of Henry VIII. Credit: National Portrait Gallery, London. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Find out...
Lucy Wooding's timely study provides an insightful and original portrait of this larger-than-life figure, and of the many paradoxes of his character and reign. Building on significant advances in recent research to put forward a distinctive interpretation of Henry’s complex character and ...