Hans Holbein the Younger
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In this exclusive extract from a new book about Henry VIII’s six wives, the art historian Suzannah Lipscomb writes about “perhaps the greatest artistic patron of them all”
"There is evidently something about Holbein that resonates strongly with modern audiences"
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The newly conserved portrait of Derich Born will star in the Queen's Gallery show on the northern Renaissance artist
The exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery will display rarely shown drawings, while the Städel Museum survey will show what might be the artist’s oldest known painting
Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota says no, but the director of the Berlin Gemäldegalerie, among others, believes it is
Neither will the National Gallery’s Ambassadors which was judged too fragile to travel across London
The exhibition (closing 2 July) will catalogue Holbein's output during his time in Basel, preceding Tate Britain's "Holbein in England"
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It is marked by three celebrations in his native Basel and an exhibition at London's National Gallery on his renowned “Ambassadors”
The stunning assemblage contains works by many Northern masters, including both the elder and younger Holbeins