Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498-1543), Painter, printmaker and designer; son of Hans Holbein the Elder. Artist or producer associated with 311 portraits, Sitter associated with 25 portraits. F.

The Acts of Union unites the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one sovereign state, Great Britain, and merges the parliaments of both states. Presiding over the negotiations for the union was the ...

He found she was not as attractive as her portrait had suggested and called her a 'Flanders mare ... The inscription on the back, visible from the south transept, reads "Anne of Cleves Queen of ...

Anne of Cleves was the 4th wife of Henry VIII ... suitable match in Thomas Cromwell’s search for a new wife for Henry following the death of Jane Seymour. The artist Holbein was sent to paint ...

Immerse yourself in the glory of Westminster Abbey and the terrors of the Tower of London, and venture further afield to ...

Katherine of Aragon (c.1520) by unknown artist © National Portrait Gallery, London, by permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church Commissioners; on ...

Next in line to marry King Henry VIII was Katherine Howard – maid of honour to Anne of Cleves. By the time they married in July 1540, Henry was forty-nine years old, while Katherine a young woman (her ...

Apparently, all the portraits were painted by students of the Royal College of Art in the 1850s ... The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens will ‘chronicle the representation of Katherine of Aragon, Anne ...

Quick Facts Electress consort of Saxony, Tenure ...

The Duchy of Cleves was a state of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged from the medieval Hettergau. It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital ...

216.5 x 129.5 cm. (85.2 x 51 in.) ...

The collection, which showcases portraits of Henry VIII’s six wives ... Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr throughout history and popular culture ...