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
Lindtmayer in 1552 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, was the fourth generation or more of artists who studied under his father, Felix Lindtmayer a glass painter. Daniel became a stained glass window designer and mural painter. He was also influenced by Tobias Stimmer, an engraver, who had a workshop in Schaffhausen and then moved to the cosmopolitan city of Basel. By 1575 Daniel Lindtmayer also moved to Basel and worked as a stained glass designer, whose work reflected the influences from around Switzerland and the Upper Rhine valley. He was acquitted of attempted murder of a Konstanz goldsmith on the grounds of insanity.