Great works: Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VI) by Hans Holbein the Younger, circa 1538. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Michael Glover. Friday 15 November 2013 20:00 GMT.

X-rays reveal how Hans Holbein altered a painting to give a 'chubby' client more chiselled cheeks. ... Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Katherine Howard – as well as his heir, the future Edward VI.

Meet the REAL Wolf Hall with Hans Holbein's devastating Tudor portraits of Henry VIII, ... It is fascinating to think that when he succeeded to the throne as Edward VI following Henry's death, ...

New research and conservation work on the 1533 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger has revealed that the painter made repeated small ... his children, the future monarchs Mary I and Edward VI, ...

A portrait, by definition, is personal, and Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543) is celebrated as a master of them. So a wander through “Holbein: Capturing Character in the Renaissance,” at ...

The enormous world of Edward O. Wilson, the problem of Vichy, a painter of power, Noël Coward’s genius and more. Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, probably in 1497.

Hans Holbein’s Masterful ‘Ambassadors’ Is Full of Extraordinary Riddles. Here Are 3 Facts to Help You Make Sense of Them The painting has been the subject of boisterous debate for decades.

Peter Schjeldahl reviews “Holbein: Capturing Character,” at the Morgan Library & Museum. Five centuries on, the Renaissance painter Hans Holbein the Younger stuns anew.