Miniature portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger ... and his salary would be the highest an artist at Henry VIII’s court would achieve—even higher than Holbein’s £30. This increase in ...

Sumptuary laws limited many of the clothing items that the lower and middle classes could wear. Politics often played an ...

Mark Rylance, left, as Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall ... as though it has been lifted from a painting by Hans Holbein (himself a character in the series).

The expansive new Sainsbury Wing foyer ushers visitors into the gallery’s exhilarating rehang ...

Flanking a fireplace on the first floor are two portraits by Hans Holbein. One depicts Thomas More — the author of “Utopia” and the lord high chancellor of England under King Henry VIII — who was ...

And that is Hans ... Holbein and his court paintings. …Holbein did primarily paint the court, because portraiture was incredibly expensive to have done. And he did a couple of pet portraits of ...

From Henry VIII’s surprising second thoughts to the Duke of Norfolk’s unlikely ability to evade execution, and improved fortunes or diminished standing for others, find out what happened to ...

This week on Continuum you'll hear the music that was used in the 1972 movie, "Henry VIII And His Six Wives", performed by the Early Music Consort of London under the direction of the legendary ...

A new play reimagines Henry VIII in a modern-day pub. Joe, known for his reinterpretations of classic stories, said: "This is Henry VIII as you've never seen him before. "He’s not wearing a crown or ...