Who is holbein henry viii

Search Entire website. Paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger. Hans Holbein the Younger. A solemn woman wearing a soft cap of dense white fur sits with a red squirrel in her lap and a glossy-feathered starling at her shoulder. She is thought to be Anne Lovell, Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan. This elegant young woman is Christina of Denmark, the youngest daughter of King Christian of Denmark.

Room The Ambassadors. Holbein, for his part, died of the plague in Nora McGreevy is a daily correspondent for Smithsonian. She can be reached through her website, noramcgreevy. Post a Comment. Art historian Franny Moyle has amassed evidence to show that this is the face of the noblewoman whom the king married in to form a political alliance. Moyle believes that Holbein left a tantalising clue in mounting the miniature a watercolour on vellum on a particular playing-card — the four of diamonds — which could signify the fourth queen.

That Erasmus had coined that very phrase might not have been lost on either of the men. So the four of diamonds is arguably significant. I would have been quite miffed if it had been the three of hearts. The miniature has been linked to Catherine, partly because it dates from , the year in which she, too, married Henry, and because the sitter is adorned with jewels that are comparable to items in her inventory.