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
The Painter and The Buyer laboriously through the lens of the artist he stares over his shoulder. This is the connoisseur and amateur, as he meets us later in the cycle of Roman antiquarians to Philipp von Stosch. It is uncertain whether it is for the painter, as is often assumed to be a self-portrait of Bruegel, also conceivable is a portrait of Hieronymus Bosch. The Painter and The Buyer The Painter and The Buyer is a 1565 pen and ink on brown paper painting by Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The alternative title is The Artist and The Connoisseur. The painter is thought