Hans Holbein and the Reformation
1997 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of Hans Holbein the Younger - whose images of the Tudor Court, especially his full-length portraits of Henry VIII, have become virtually part of our national consciousness.
Anne Roberts
When Holbein first visited England, at the age of 29, he was already a leading painter and engraver in the Swiss city of Basel, which was rapidly becoming a centre for the Reformation.
