Portrait of Henry VIII Portrait of Henry VIII Portrait of Henry VIII is a lost work by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting Henry VIII. It was destroyed by fire in 1698, but is still well known through many copies. It is one of the most iconic images of Henry and is one of the most famous portraits of any British monarch. It was originally created in 1536–1537 as part of a mural showing the Tudor dynasty at the Palace of Whitehall, London. Hans Holbein the Younger, originally from Germany, had been appointed the English King's Painter in 1536. The portrait was created to adorn
Viktor Bobrov (painter) very popular during the 1880s. From 1890 to 1901, he worked as a designer and engraver for the Imperial Stationery Office. His brother, Aleksey (1849-1899), was also a painter of some note. Viktor Bobrov (painter) Viktor Alekseyevich Bobrov (Russian: Виктор Алексеевич Бобров; 1842, Gatobuzhi, Saint Petersburg Governorate - 1918, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian watercolorist in the Academic style. He was born to a family of merchants and attended the public schools of Saint Petersburg. In 1860, against his father's wishes and without his support, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts, where he studied with Carl Timoleon von Neff,