Art, History, Portraits, Holbein, Tudors

On Hans Holbein’s Portrait Drawings

A current exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery in London offers a rare opportunity to come face to face with the real Tudors

Published in

Counter Arts

9 min readFeb 10, 2024

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A portrait painting of King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger — ‘Henry VIII of England’, Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger; c.1537; oil on canvas; 239 x 134.5cm; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (Public Domain)

‘Holbein at the Tudor Court’, at the Queen’s Gallery, focuses on the artist’s prolific period in England…

Katreena Kay

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Non-practising academic.

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